EXISTING AND PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS: IMPACTS AND POTENTIAL COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CANADIAN NORTHERN CORRIDOR ...

• Main Author: Munzur, Alaz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The School of Public Policy Publications 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Hudson Bay; Pacific; Hudson
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v15i1.72528; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/72528

Rigorous planning of a multi-modal corridor at a national scale involves identifying current and future infrastructure needs and determining opportunities for co-location of linear infrastructure. Ensuring compatibility of such a major and complex infrastructure expansion with existing and planned projects is necessary to avoid potential redundancies, minimize environmental impact, optimize resource allocation and enable long-term, sustainable economic growth. For this purpose, this paper reviews linear infrastructure projects in Canada’s North and Near-North that could feasibly constitute a segment of the Canadian Northern Corridor (CNC). The CNC concept connects Canada’s Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic coasts and Hudson Bay through a linear infrastructure corridor. In accordance with the aims and scope of the CNC, this assessment covers linear infrastructure modes like rail, road, pipeline, electrical transmission and communications infrastructure, and ports as supporting infrastructure and gateways to the ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol. 15 No. 1 (2022) ...