Port of Prince Rupert Road, Rail & Utility Corridor project complete

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Officials gather for the last spike driving ceremony celebrating the completion of the RRUC project.
British Columbia Minister of Transportation Todd Stone/Twitter

The Port of Prince Rupert has completed its CA$90-million (US$73 million) Road, Rail & Utility Corridor (RRUC), unlocking new terminal developments and market access for Canadian exporters.

 

The Canadian government and the British Columbia government each contributed CA$15 million (US$12 million), Canadian National provided CA$30 million (US$24 million), Canpotex provided CA$15 million (US$12 million) and the Prince Rupert Port Authority provided the remaining amount.

The completed RRUC was constructed over a two-year period and supports multiple new large-scale terminal developments that will boost Canada’s trade capacity with fast-growing Asia-Pacific markets.

The project included the construction of five parallel rail tracks, a two-lane roadway and a port-owned power distribution system along an eight-kilometer (five-mile) corridor. This shared-use infrastructure defines a long-term port development plan for Canadian export terminals that will provide the capacity to ship potash, liquefied natural gas and other Canadian products to international markets. The RRUC will ensure that growth can be accommodated by a sustainable, efficient, coordinated platform.

“The success of this project exemplifies what can be accomplished when a strategic, long-term vision is executed by a partnership of public and private investment,” said Don Krusel, president and chief executive officer of the Prince Rupert Port Authority. “The RRUC will expand the diversity of Prince Rupert’s growing port complex and further link Western Canada to a world of opportunity.”

Prince Rupert Constructors, a joint venture between Coast Tsimshian Enterprises, JJM Construction Ltd. and Emil Anderson Construction Inc., completed roughly 75 percent of the work on the RRUC. Coast Industrial Construction, a partnership between ICON Construction and the Gitxaala Nation, was responsible for the remaining quarter of construction.

 

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