Saturday, April 19, 2025
Historic minority government result in B.C.
In a campaign that painted three different pictures of the future of infrastructure in the province, voters in British Columbia were divided in its support…
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Ontario’s budget provides positive outlook
There were no real expectations for pomp and circumstance for the infrastructure industry as Charles Sousa delivered his 2017 Budget for Ontario. After all, the…
How Colorado made tolling work
Aurora, Colorado mayor Steve Hogan is no stranger to the issue of road tolls. Hogan, who will be speaking at the upcoming Transport Futures Road…
Quebec prioritizes transit in 2017 budget
The Quebec Government has released its 2017-18 budget, with a strong focus on transit as part of its 2017-2027 Quebec Infrastructure Plan. In total, the…
Ambrose critical of federal budget
The Conservative Party is speaking very critically of last week’s budget introduced by the federal Liberal government. Speaking at the Toronto Region Board of Trade,…
Breaking down Budget 2017
The infrastructure money train looks primed to leave the station in Ottawa, even if people aren’t quite sure when and how those dollars will be…
Opposing views on private infrastructure funding
*The following is CUPE national president Mark Hancock’s Closing Shot on building infrastructure with private funding, which appeared in the January/February 2017 edition of ReNew…
User pay models for new federal infrastructure?
Federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau was greeted by a difficult question at the 10th Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Montreal: should bridges in Montréal…
User pay models for new federal infrastructure?
Federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau was greeted by a difficult question at the 10th Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Montreal: should bridges in Montréal…
FCM Leadership in Asset Management Program (LAMP)
What happens when you bring 12 municipalities of varying sizes and experience together, in one room, to work towards the common goal of integrating sustainability…
Is the road toll issue dead in Ontario?
Less than two weeks since Premier Kathleen Wynne rejected the City of Toronto’s plans to introduce tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley…
Road tolls are inevitable for Toronto and Canada
When Premier Kathleen Wynne closed the door on Toronto Mayor John Tory’s plan to toll the city’s two main arteries to downtown – the Gardiner…
For whom the road tolls
Toronto has a traffic problem. And it has a money problem. And the two problems are rapidly colliding. The GTA is growing by 110,000 people…
Supporting the Pan-Canadian Framework
The federal government’s release of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change has provided a roadmap for how this country will be guided…
Setting federal infrastructure priorities
The announcement by federal finance minister Bill Morneau that a stronger, longer term commitment was being made to funding infrastructure projects throughout the country was…
The Benefits of HOT Lanes
Do you remember the last time you raced out the door with just enough time to make it to your destination, and how your heart…
A Roadmap to On Time, On Budget for Mega-Project Planning
By Matti Siemiatycki Municipalities across Canada are in the midst of an infrastructure building boom. After decades of underinvestment, billions of dollars are being promised and…
Imagining The New Age of Cognitive Cities
According to the World Health Organization, 54 per cent of the total global population lives in a city, and it is estimated that percentage will…
Skilling Up
Across Canada, cities and municipalities are grappling with infrastructure challenges. Now, with the federal government committed to injecting significant capital into infrastructure over the next…
Adaptive Reuse in Doors Open Toronto 2016
This year’s theme for Doors Open—a public celebration of Toronto’s architecture from May 28 to 29—is “Re-used, Re-visited, Re-vised.” It is an apt theme for…
In a SNAP
In the face of climate change, communities across Canada are contending with the vulnerability of infrastructure to severe weather events and the ongoing challenge of…
Making Green Count
During the past decade, new thinking has emerged regarding trees and other forms of living “green infrastructure,” such as wetlands, bioswales, green roofs, and green…
Excess Soil Handling
Improvements to how excess construction soils are managed in Ontario will require coordinated efforts and the clarification of responsibilities by government and industry stakeholders. After…
Power to the Rails
A planned decade-long project to electrify more than half the GO Transit commuter rail network in the Toronto area is in line with a global…