Modern and efficient highways are crucial to growing our economy, encouraging trade, and creating good-paying, middle class jobs. The governments of Canada and Alberta are investing in well-planned infrastructure that will make it easier to move people and products across the country, while supporting sustained economic growth and productivity for years to come.

“The Government of Canada’s investments in trade and transportation infrastructure will build stronger, more efficient transportation corridors to regional and international markets and help Canadian business to compete, grow, and create more jobs for Canada’s middle class. These investments in highway infrastructure across Alberta will support economic growth and provide safer and more efficient transportation routes for Canadians.”

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi,
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

“By working with our federal counterparts we are able to do even more to improve highways, connect communities and enhance the movement of goods and services across Alberta. This joint investment supports nearly 100 road and bridge projects from Taber to Peace River and dozens of communities in between as we work to make lives better right across the province.”

The Honourable Brian Mason,
Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Transportation

“These infrastructure projects will help keep Albertans working at a time when the heavy construction industry is struggling with spending cuts in the energy and residential sectors. The projects will also pay long-term dividends by supporting new economic growth while reducing congestion and increasing safety for Albertans.”

Jim Rivait,
CEO of the Alberta Roadbuilders & Heavy Construction Association (ARHCA)

• The 10 project bundles included in this announcement are:

  o    Highway 2 Project Bundle

  o    Highway 43 Project Bundle

  o    Highway 63 Project Bundle

  o    Northern Alberta Highway Rehabilitation Project Bundle

  o    Peace Region Highway Rehabilitation Project Bundle (2018)

  o    Central Alberta Pavement and Rehabilitation Project Bundle (2018)

  o    Southern Alberta Highway Rehabilitation Project Bundle (2017)

  o    Southern Alberta Pavement and Rehabilitation Project Bundle (2018)

  o    Intersection and Reconstruction Project Bundle

  o    Bridge Renewal Project Bundle

• The Government of Canada will provide more than $180 billion in infrastructure funding over 12 years for public transit, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, transportation that supports trade, and Canada’s rural and northern communities.

• Budget 2017 proposes over $10.1 billion in trade and transportation projects across Canada. This amount includes $5 billion that will be available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

• The Government of Alberta’s Budget 2017 four-year Capital Plan invests $29.5 billion in critical infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, roads, bridges and clean water projects.

• Alberta Transportation’s more than $7- billion four-year Capital Plan includes more than $5 billion for work on the province’s 31,400 kilometre provincial highway network.

Related Products

• Backgrounder that provides details for all ten bundled projects, totalling 96 subcomponent construction projects across the province

Associated Links

• Government of Canada’s $180-billion+ infrastructure plan in Budget 2017
• Federal infrastructure investments in Alberta
• The Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component – National and Regional Projects
• Government of Alberta Budget 2017
• Alberta Transportation Construction Program
• The Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association

Brook Simpson
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
613-219-0149
Brook.Simpson@canada.ca

Aileen Machell
Press Secretary
Alberta Transportation and Alberta Infrastructure
780-292-0154
Aileen.machell@gov.ab.ca

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