A state-of-the-art transportation The strategy recognizes the current challenges facing system in Atlantic Canada that both the national and provincial governments in supports economic and social funding transportation systems but also recognizes development in the region with that these challenges must be overcome if all areas benefits for all of Canada of Canada are to contribute to a strong nat [...] John’s, and Moncton handling over crossings, and the Confederation Bridge, connect 80% of the passengers and 98% of the freight. [...] As ongoing under the terms of the MOU to identify: the well, the importance of an Atlantic Gateway as a components of the Atlantic Gateway; the analytical readily available mechanism to alleviate the current and planning work required to develop each of the congestion and capacity constraints facing many of components; and the appropriate approaches and the east and west coast ports of entry of Ca [...] The On December 12, 2007, the Council of Atlantic Federal Government has also released a national Premiers reiterated their commitment to the gateways and trade corridor policy framework development of an Atlantic Gateway strategy to guide investments in strategic transportation and agreed that early marketing and investments infrastructure to support international trade volumes in the initiative [...] The to account for the vast majority of public spending financial burden of building and maintaining the full (Figure 1), the region’s governments must find ways network falls primarily to provinces, as ownership of of ensuring that transportation is adequately funded roads is divided on the basis of 83% provincial/16% now and in the future.
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