2. Improving mobility and quality of life
• an integrated package of nine
road-rail improvement projects,
for completion by 2014
• will improve the safety and add
efficiencies to the road and rail
networks in four municipalities
• a $307 million investment funded
by an unprecedented
collaboration of 12 partners
4. Good for business and the economy
• the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor Program is part of Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway
and Corridor Initiative (APGCI): a $2.8 billion investment in western Canada’s
transportation network
• APGCI is complemented by the British Columbia’s Gateway Program, including:
Port Mann/Highway 1 Project
South Fraser Perimeter Road
North Fraser Perimeter Road
Pitt River Bridge
• together, they form a comprehensive, integrated system to
enhance the movement of people and products throughout the Lower Mainland
5. Improving movement of goods
• 70 km rail corridor connecting
the North American rail network
with Roberts Bank
Canada’s largest container facility
a major terminal for coal export
• carrying increasing volumes of
international freight
Today - up to 18 trains per day,
each 6,000 to 9,500 feet long
Future - expected to increase to 28
to 38 trains per day, up to 12,000 ft
long
6. Challenges to mobility, safety and efficiency
• most of the corridor is single-track
• 66 public and private road-rail crossings
only 12 are overpasses
• 338,000 vehicles cross the tracks each day
up to 560,000/day expected by 2021
increasing volumes on roads and rails
present challenges for rail operations
and road networks
7. Solutions: out of traffic and on your way
• Partners agreed on:
optimal locations for
investments in road-rail
interface projects
leveraging their investments to
maximize benefits for
motorists, railways and
neighbouring communities
• TransLink is the lead agency of the
RBRC partners
9. 41B Street rail overpass at Deltaport Way
• maintains connectivity for farms, business and residents
• enables the expansion of the Gulf rail yard
• eliminates traffic delays and train whistling
• improves safety by removing level rail crossing
10. 80th Street rail overpass project
• gives emergency vehicles uninterrupted access to Boundary Bay Airport
• provides a primary access road to airport
• will complement the new signal at 80th St. and Ladner Trunk Road
11. Panorama Ridge whistle-cessation project
• enables a 13,000 foot railway siding east of Mud Bay
• reduces train whistling by closing at-grade crossings
• re-aligns Colebrook Road
12. 152nd Street rail overpass project
• reduces delays between Surrey/White Rock and other
parts of Surrey
• reduces train whistling in the area
• Improves safety at Colebrook Road
13. The Combo Projects
• rail overpasses at 192nd St, Street,
54th Avenue and new 196th
Street
• new road network in the area
• improves access to industrial area in east Surrey
• provides a reliable route for transit
and first responders
• increases capacity (traffic volume expected to double by 2021)
• complemented by the Advanced Railway Information System that will notify
drivers of approaching trains
14. Mufford/64th Avenue at Highway 10 project
• relieves congestion and delays
• improves safety by removing at-grade rail crossing
• improves access to Glover Road and Highway 10
• improves arterial road network connectivity
• complemented by the Advanced Railway
Information System
15.
16. 232nd Street rail overpass project
• extends existing Rawlison rail siding to accommodate longer trains
• reduces train whistling
• removes delays for emergency vehicles, cars and trucks
17. Local Benefits
• the Asia Pacific Gateway is vital to the economic future of BC
communities
provides one of seven jobs in the Lower Mainland
• City of Langley: 607 jobs (direct)
• Township of Langley: 1,694 jobs (direct)
provides $12.3 billion in GDP to the region’s economy
• City of Langley: $122 million
• Township of Langley: $367 million
-The Economic Role of The Gateway Transportation System in the Greater Vancouver Region
Economic Development Research Group (2007)
18. Benefits of the RBRC Program
improves the flow of local traffic
improves traffic safety
reduces train whistling
reduces idling of vehicles at level crossings
enhances the efficiency and safety of rail operations
increases local and national trade competitiveness
accommodates growth in trade-related traffic
19. Laying the groundwork for
an economically sound and
environmentally sustainable future
20. Roberts Bank Rail Corridor Program video:
Nine Projects to Improve Mobility and Livability