Transcript CBSA BORDER INFRASTUCTURE Border Infrastructure Coordination Session November 1, 2011 CBSA Environment and Priorities  Environment  Current Projects  Challenges  Priorities  Moving Forward.

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;
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