THE RURBAN FRINGE

Do Highway Bypasses Bring Benefits?

My community has gone through several agonizing months of presentations, consultations and the like in order to determine the best possible scenario for a proposed major highway realignment.  I won’t lie, it’s been heated at times, with residents arguing for - and against – the proposals.
But do highway bypasses really create unimaginable damage to communities?  Or are there [...]

Round Three of P3 Canada Fund Launches

PPP Canada has just launched a Round Three call for proposals for the P3 Canada Fund, encouraging provinces, territories, municipalities and First Nations to consider the P3 model for their public infrastructure needs. 
PPP Canada’s mandate is to improve and increase the delivery of public infrastructure by achieving better value, timeliness and accountability to taxpayers, through P3s.  [...]

Highways and Byways

Within our region, there are a few communities experiencing the impacts of highway bypass development.
Yet in many urban fringe and rurban areas, highway construction activities are important to communities both because of the investment they represent and the changes they trigger.  And while such activities often relieve traffic congestion, shorten travel times, and provide new [...]