$212 million

Sector: Transportation

Location: Connecting Inkster Boulevard (PR 221), the James A. Richardson International Airport and the CP Weston rail intermodal facility to the Perimeter Highway near Saskatchewan Avenue, Manitoba

Key Players: Province of Manitoba still tendering work.

Owner: Province of Manitoba

Financing: Public – The expressway is being funded jointly by the provincial and federal governments, with the federal share coming from the Provincial Territorial Base Funding Agreement ($68.35 million) and the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative ($33.25 million). Manitoba will match the federal funds and contribute an additional $9.2 million for land acquisition.

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2011.

Project Details: The CentrePort, which is Manitoba’s inland port, is centrally and strategically located at the heart of North America to connect businesses to world markets. It is centred on Winnipeg’s James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. The initiative involves using the airport and surrounding land as a hub to import goods from Asia and Europe and then distributing those goods throughout North America by air, rail and road. The CentrePort Canada initiative includes the development of a high-speed transportation corridor for the Inland Port. The funding will develop CentrePort Canada Way, a four-lane divided expressway linking the inland port to the Perimeter Highway.