P UBLICATIONS - CONSTRAINTS IN THE CANADIAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRID

The Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary is the leading platform for providing information and analysis necessary to establish the feasibility and desirability of a network of multi-modal rights-of-way across middle and northern Canada. [...] 2 SUMMARY In support of the Canadian northern corridor research agenda, the purpose of this report is to compile a review and evaluation of the constraints impairing the Canadian transport infrastructure grid. [...] The more northern the infrastructure, the higher the construction and maintenance costs, and therefore the more economically attractive the infrastructure project needs to be to justify an investment. [...] Bottlenecks The length of Canadian highway and rail systems and low population densities characterizing most of the landscape underscore the challenge for the availability of construction and maintenance equipment and materials. [...] The more northern the infrastructure, the higher the construction and maintenance costs, and therefore the more economically attractive the infrastructure project needs to be to justify the investment.