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Building Public Infrastructure
Glen Brown
Ministry of Community Services
FMI – Victoria Chapter Luncheon
January 16, 2008
What is Public Infrastructure?
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Transportation
Water Infrastructure
Wastewater systems
Transit Systems
Other Public Infrastructure
Historic Breakdown of Public
Infrastructure Stock
• 1960s
– Federal – 24%
– Provincial/Territorial 45%
– Local Government – 31%
• 2002
– Federal 7%
– Provincial/Territorial – 41%
– Local Government – 52%
Age of Canada's Infrastructure
28%
41%
80 to 100 years
31%
Mirza, 2007
40 to 80 years
0 to 40 years
COMBINDED Municipal and Regional District Total Expenditures
year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
AVERAGE
interest / foreign
exchange on debt
operations
total municipal
expenditure
capital works
$
144,344,860
$
54,685,245
$
93,929,144
$
292,959,249
$
151,542,523
$
36,025,603
$
99,280,482
$
286,848,608
$
313,302,642
$
66,612,436
$
174,897,209
$
554,812,287
$
320,695,193
$
61,738,913
$
181,597,060
$
564,031,166
$
330,232,358
$
58,729,533
$
232,708,516
$
621,670,407
$
343,575,853
$
61,102,806
$
256,459,634
$
661,138,293
$
267,282,238
$
56,482,423
$
173,145,341
$
496,910,002
Local Government Infrastructure Deficit Estimates
$140
$123
$120
$100
$80
$68
$60
$45
$40
$12
$20
$20
$0
1985
Mirza 2007
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1996
2003
2007
Building Public Infrastructure
Do we do a good job?
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Plan
Build
Operate
Maintain
Replace
Decommission
Consider ‘Why’ the Project is Required
• Existing Infrastructure Stock Replacement
• Growth/Development
• Meeting New Standards
Examples of Current Programs
PLANNING:
Infrastructure Planning Grants
CONSTRUCTION:
Capital Grant Programs
 Towns for Tomorrow
 Gas Tax Agreement
 Building Canada Fund
RECOGNITION:
Green City Awards
Program Goals & Objectives
• Sustainability Principles
– Environmental
– Economic
– Social
• Protection of Public Health
• Protection of Environmental Health
Leveraging Change
TODAY: Program guides “provide direction” and
ranking criteria supports sustainability
TOMORROW: Grant conditions used to bring some
recipients up to a certain “sustainable” standard
DOWN THE ROAD: Meeting a “sustainable” standard
will be a requirement for grant eligibility
• Ultimately, programs have
to be structured to meet
provincial priorities such
as public &
environmental health
issues, but must be able
to support and reward
sound and sustainable
management practices.
The significant problems we face cannot
be solved at the same level of thinking
we were at when we created them.
Albert Einstein
Glen Brown
A/Director, Infrastructure and Engineering
Ministry of Community Services
[email protected]
www.cserv.gov.bc.ca