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The TBWG/Bi-National Planning A TC Perspective
Jacques Rochon, Director, Highway Policy
Transport Canada, December 4, 2002
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Presentation Objectives

• Look at Border Policy Environment
• Update Federal Infrastructure Efforts
• Bi-national Planning
• The TBWG Role and Setting Priorities

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1. The Policy Environment

• Smart Border Declaration
• Defined objective ensuring secure/efficient
  flows
• Action Plan TC lead Infrastructure Improvements
  (19), ITS (20) Aviation Security (22)
• Sept 2002 President/PM met Positive Status
  Update
• Dec 5/6, 2002 Manley/Ridge to meet
• Smart Border Declaration useful vehicle for
  making progress on border initiatives e.g. FAST

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1. The Policy Environment Challenges for
Transportation Planners

• Border Security
• Inspection Agencies/Security officials face
  understandable pressure to Act/develop timely
  security measures
• Challenge Infrastructure planning process
  inherently requires long lead times/coordination
• U.S. Entry/Exit Controls
• Ambitious implementation deadline (all ports 05)
• Jan 1, 2003 Advisory Taskforce to submit report
  to U.S. Congress
• Potential effect on border infrastructure and
  processes uncertain

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1. The Policy Environment Challenges for
Transportation Planners contd

• Institutional Department of Homeland Security
• Largest U.S. Government reorganization since 1947
  
• DHS will have 170,000 employees and a 38 billion
  budget
• DHS will have four components, including one
  responsible for transportation and border
  security
• Certain functions to be transferred e.g. HAZMAT
  screening
• DHS will require (re)establishing
  contacts/relationships
• Transportation Security Aviation initial focus
  efforts will increasingly turn to land
  modes/border
• TEA-21 Reauthorization What will final U.S.
  policy focus and border and corridor funding
  levels be?

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2. Infrastructure Funding The Canadian Federal
Commitment

• Budget 2000 600M for Highways/TC set aside 65M
  million for border infrastructure
• Budget 2001 600M for Border Infrastructure Fund
  (BIF)
• Managed by Minister Rock/Office of Infrastructure
  of Canada
• Focus on top six crossings (account for 70 of
  cross-border truck traffic)
• Funds available to address needs at regional
  crossings
• August 02 BIF Parameters announced Focus on
  three areas Physical Infrastructure, ITS and
  Improved Analytical Capacity
• T. Sarantakis, Acting DG, Policy and
  Priorities/OIC is in attendance and could address
  any further questions

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Recent Canadian Infrastructure Initiatives
Making Progress

• July 02 Governments of Canada and Quebec
  allocated 75.2M for improvements to the Lacolle
  border crossing/Auto-route 15.
• Aug 02 PM/NB Premier Lord announced over 400M
  in funding to twin Trans-Canada Highway, Atlantic
  Canadas main trade corridor.
• Sept 02 PM/Premier Eves signed MOU setting aside
  up to 300M for short/medium-term improvements at
  Windsor gateway.
• Nov 02 Governments of Canada and BC, in
  partnership with municipalities, announced 32M
  for infrastructure improvements in BC Lower
  Mainland.

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• BC Lower Mainland Border Improvement Program
• Transport Canada
• December, 2002

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The Border System

• Douglas Peace Arch Blaine
• Pacific Hwy Blaine
• Aldergrove Lynden
• Huntingdon - Sumas

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The Border System
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Deploying Nexus

• Extension of Hwy 99 Nexus lane
• Construction of Nexus lane at Pacific Hwy

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Infrastructure Improvements

• Hwy 99 / 8th Avenue Interchange - reconstruction
• Widening 8th Avenue - 4 lanes
• Hwy 15 Intersection reconstruction

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Improved Border Access

• Pacific Hwy - ITS Truck Lane
• Hwy 11 - Huntingdon Truck Staging Area

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Deploying ITS

• Douglas Pacific Hwy Advanced Traveller
  Information System (ATIS)
• Hwy 1 Pacific Hwy ITS/CVO Project

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Planning

• Hwy 13 - Aldergrove
• Corridor Management Plan
• Truck Climbing Lane

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The Partnership

• Transport Canada
• BC Ministry of Transportation
• CCRA
• IMTC TEA-21
• Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority

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3. Bi-national Planning Coordination Towards
a more secure and efficient border

• Bi-National Planning
• Improving analytical capacity e.g. through border
  data analysis and border infrastructure modeling
• Promote effective interagency bi-national
  coordination
• Supporting enhanced border inspection processes
• Infrastructure improvements support enhanced
  programs e.g. FAST NEXUS
• Infrastructure Improvements
• Take collaborative complementary approach to
  needs identification (e.g. through compendium)
• Add capacity where required

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Bi-national Planning The West Coast Experience

• The International Mobility Trade Corridor
• A model of effective bi-national planning
• Effective subcommittee structure facilitates task
  management
• Intermodal approach
• Encourages stakeholder/agency buy-in and builds
  consensus on infrastructure initiatives
• IMTC recognizes coordination a precondition for
  success has helped to facilitate
• ITS Advance Traveler Information System
• Freight Technology Border Crossing Evaluation
• WS DOT Electronic Seals Project

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TBWG Role

• Information sharing will remain a key TBWG role
• Emerging developments (e.g. DHS and U.S. E/E
  controls) highlight need for bi-national
  coordination/info-sharing
• Relationship with stakeholders?
• Interest growing e.g. Can/Am Border Trade
  Alliance
• Trucking and railway interests on the agenda
• Outreach? What should the relationship be?
• TBWG facilitates border-wide info sharing but
  broad focus makes collective pursuit of Action
  Plan initiatives a challenge.

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The TBWG Action Plan

• Can we identify public goods potentially of
  benefit to all?
• Action Plan Identify top three priorities for
  next 12 months
• Border Infrastructure Compendium
• Border Data Workshop/Initiatives
• Enhancing transportation/inspection agency
  coordination?
• Border Technology Applications?
• Thank you