Investing in our future:Infrastructure

Bill AndersonOntario Research Chair in Cross Border Transportation PolicyDirector, Cross-Border InstituteUniversity of Windsor

For Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce, Policy and Solutions ForumMay 15, 2014

What is public infrastructure Capital that provides public services

Large initial investment Benefits over a long period of time

Why is it public? No private firm can do it▪ or

Natural monopoly Principal of equity Externalities (congestion, pollution,

criticality)

What sorts of benefits?

Economic stimulus User benefits Non-user benefits (congestion relief) Enhanced productivity Transformational benefits

Water / sewage and urbanization Railroads and Western agriculture Ambassador Bridge and automotive

industry

Realizing transformation benefits If you build it, they may never come. Building infrastructure is only half

the job. Understand how infrastructure

changes the economic landscape and seize new opportunities

3 key projects

Herb Gray Parkway / DRIC Bridge Continental Rail Gateway Lauzon Corridor

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14 Signalized Intersections in less than 10 Km Segment

Highway 401 ends

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New cross-border rail tunnel

Making the Lauzon connection With the right connection, land ready

for development is practically “on” the 401

With the Herb Gray Parkway and the DRIC bridge “on the 401” is practically “on the border.”

Containers to and from the Continental Rail Gateway pass through the area serves by Lauzon connection.

Building infrastructure is only half the job.

Border Logistics and Security Initiative City of Windsor / University of Windsor

Funding from FedDev Ontario to create an integrated cross-border logistics and security cluster in Windsor-Essex

New logistics buildings in airport lands

Cross-Border Institute (CBI) at U Windsor: research, education and outreach

Institute for Border Logistics and Security (IBLS) on Airport Lands: promote border-related cluster.