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3/16/2023
Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra yesterday announced the federal government will provide up to CA$18 million in project funding for the CentrePort Canada Rail Park.
The park is a 665-acre development in the rural municipality of Rosser — located near Winnipeg, Manitoba — that will combine industrial space with logistics infrastructure, CentrePort Canada officials said in a press release.
The park will offer globally connected businesses with large-volume shipping needs the ability to access, transfer and transport goods between road and rail. Focus Equities Inc. is developing the park.
The federal funding, which comes from the National Trade Corridors Fund, will go toward a second mainline switch, several miles of track, a lift station and connections to access roads, Alghabra tweeted yesterday.
"This will improve the movement of goods and help combat the rising cost of living," he said.
The project will also reduce truck journeys and transloading, addressing congestion on interprovincial highways and reducing pollution, according to a Transport Canada press release.