1 cbsa border infrastucture border infrastructure coordination session november 1, 2011
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CBSA BORDER INFRASTUCTURE
Border Infrastructure Coordination Session
November 1, 2011
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CBSA Environment and Priorities
Environment
Current Projects
Challenges
Priorities
Moving Forward
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CBSA Environment
Top 20 Ports of Entry (POE) process over 80% of the land border traffic;
Over the past decade CBSA has focused capital investment on the large volume ports of entry with a focus on the Designated Commercial Offices (DCO);
The majority of the CBSA’s larger DCO ports have been, or are in the process of being redeveloped and are functional and provide adequate serviceability;
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CBSA – Current projects
Modernization and expansion of commercial facilities at:• Pacific Highway – March 2012• Abbotsford-Huntingdon – March 2012• Lacolle – Summer/Fall 2013
Port Replacement Projects at:• Prescott – March 2012• Kingsgate – March 2012• Aldergrove – 2013/2014
Completion of Residential accommodation at remote Northern Ports of Entry:• Little Gold – October 2010• Pleasant Camp – March 2011• Beaver Creek – March 2012
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CBSA – Challenges
50% of the CBSA inventory of smaller ports is over 35 years of age and can not adequately support new program initiatives such as the Doubling-Up;
Competition for limited resources;
Ensure that investment required to address the rust-out situation at the smaller and remote ports is undertaken without compromising the condition and functionality of the major DCO ports.
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CBSA – Priorities
Address operational and functional deficiencies at the larger DCO ports;• Lacolle, Emerson, North Portal
Recapitalized investment at the larger DCO ports;• St-Armand or Philipsburg, Woodstock, Pacific Highway
Port replacement Projects:• Pleasant Camp, Fraser, Stewart, St. Leonard
Small Port Replacement projects in support of the Doubling-Up initiative
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CBSA – Moving Forward
Continue to foster and improve relationship with Internal Stakeholders (Regions/Transport Canada) and External Stakeholders (PWGSC, GSA, FHWA, CBP, local Municipal/Provincial/State Governments);• Identify key priorities and the wider goals and outcomes sought
by the Agency and the GoC;
Consolidate projects where efficiencies can be achieved;