Transportation Border Working Group – Portland March 3

Transportation
Border Working
Group – Portland
March 3-4, 2014
CBSA Infrastructure
Project Update
CBSA Project Status Update
• Environmental/Challenges
• Current Projects
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Lacolle
Emerson and North Portal
Aldergrove
Small Ports
St. Leonard
Pacific Highway
• Recent Government Announcements
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Environment/Challenges
 The CBSA port infrastructure is suffering from
rust-out and building fatigue;
 Since 2000 the Agency has invested over $300M
to modernize and improve the infrastructure at
ports of entry across Canada
 Investment has been focused on the large volume
ports of entry with an emphasis 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;
 The challenge is to sustain the operational
integrity of the existing facilities while securing the
capital resources required to address those
facilities that can no longer efficiently and
effectively support the CBSA’s border services
mandate.
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Current Projects – Lacolle
Conceptual Design – Lacolle POE
Travellers – BtB Initiative:
 The new POE will have 15 travellers PIL – 13
regular lanes and 2 NEXUS lanes, an increase
from the current 9 Lanes:
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Construction award anticipated in February 2016,
with project completion targeted for October 2017
Our primary goal will be to increase traveller
capacity to reduce border wait times
Commercial Examination Facility – Gateways
and Borders Crossing Fund (GBCF) Initiative
 The new commercial inspection facilities will
include 6 offload examination bays, along with
expanded office and enforcement capacity.
 The commercial facilities are scheduled to be
completed by September 2015
Lacolle Commercial
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Current Projects – Emerson and North Portal
Emerson – BtB Initiative:
 Construction of dedicated Commercial By-Pass lane;
North Portal
New Land acquired
Expanded Commercial
Expanded Queuing
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Commercial lane to have 3 PIL booths of which one will be a
dedicated FAST
 The RFP to engage an architect to prepare plans and specifications
was posted in February, 2015;
 Project completion scheduled for 2017
North Portal - BtB Initiative
 CBSA has secured the additional land required to implement
the project;
 The RFP to engage an architect to prepare plans and
specifications is expected to be posted in March, 2015;
 Project completion scheduled for 2017-18
 This project will provide the following benefits to the current
Port of Entry
 New Primary canopy to allow commercial vehicle access
 1 new bi-level primary lane with expanded primary queuing
capacity
 Expanded commercial capacity for 1 offload
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Current Projects – Aldergrove
Conceptual Design – Aldergrove POE
 Construction phase is underway and temporary PIL
lanes have opened;
 Travellers facility scheduled to be completed in
January 2016;
 Occupancy of the commercial facility and project
completion scheduled for April 2016;
 The new POE facilities will include:
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5 Travellers Primary Inspection Lanes (PIL) -Current
facility has 3 PIL lanes;
2 Commercial PIL lanes;
NEXUS;
Commercial offload examination facility
 Currently:
 the foundations are completed,
 the slab is being poured,
 framing has begun
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Small Ports Infrastructure Replacement Initiative
Willow Creek POE
Monchy POE
 Port replacement projects in Coronach, SK
and West Poplar, SK are substantially
complete and currently operational
 Port replacement projects are underway in
Morses Line, QC, Monchy, SK and Willow
Creek, SK;
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Modular unit was delivered in December 2015
Finishing work has begun
Canopy has just been erected
Expected occupancy in the Summer 2015
 Monchy o
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Foundation for the PIL booth has been poured
and the modular unit interior finish work has
begun
Expected occupancy in the Summer 2015
 Morses Line –
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Port is being replaced in conjunction with the
remote technology processing project
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St. Leonard POE Replacement
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New location
USA
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CBSA to acquire the adjacent land from
PWGSC and construct a new POE using
the modular units from Cornwall, ON
Current site
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New Site
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1 Primary lane for travellers only
Clients must cross oncoming traffic
2 Bi-level lanes for traveller and
commercial vehicles
Added lane technology will increase
processing capacity
Timelines
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Completion Fall 2016
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Current Projects – PAC Fixed Large Scale Imaging
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The Agency is investing in a stationary
X-ray unit that will increase the
processing capacity
Examinations will be expedited with this
new technology
Project to be tendered
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April 2015
Anticipated completion
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Fall 2016
LSI
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Recent Government Announcements
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November 24, 2014 announcement of $440
Million to expedite the replacement of border
infrastructure
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This funding will build on work recently
completed and currently underway to improve
border infrastructure at several Port’s of Entry
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Boundary Bay, (Tsawwassen) BC; Boissevain,
MB; Sprague, MB; have been announced to
date.
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Further announcements will be coming in the
weeks and months ahead
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Questions?
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