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7/5/2023
Transport Canada yesterday announced a multiyear funding commitment exceeding CA$10 million for a rail infrastructure project in Port-Daniel-Gascons, Quebec.
The project calls for installing a large retaining wall to protect coastline cliffs from further erosion and potential collapse; repairing tracks; installing a water drainage system beneath the tracks; and building a ditch between an adjacent road and the tracks.
The roads and a portion of the Gaspesie Railway are vulnerable to waves, storms and flooding during severe weather events, Transport Canada officials said in a press release. Climate change can cause water levels to rise and ice cover to decrease in the coastal area.
"Through strategic partnerships and investments, we will continue to adapt rail infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events, ensuring the safe movement of goods and people while safeguarding our communities,” said Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra.
A total of 39 projects now have been approved by the federal government under the new Climate Change and Adaptation to Extreme Weather Infrastructure portion of Canada’s Rail Safety Improvement Program. Transport Canada is providing more than CA$29 million over the next three years through the infrastructure component.
Since the inception of the Rail Safety Improvement Program in 2016, about 800 projects have received more than CA$160 million in funding.