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Private Public Partnership Canada

Was completed in November 2011. That is what the sign displays. Where once was a field for kids to play, and elders to grow gardens for food is now a 6 lane highway to transport pork to China. That is why the Pork industry in Manitoba was heavily subsidised as opposed to grain farmers. Expected to connect with Kansas City Smart Port and then down to Mexico.

Finishing Touches to nearby Safeway

6- Lane highway from Henderson Highway Completed

CentrePort Canada Way

Construction continues on CentrePort Canada Way,
 a $212.5-million four-lane divided expressway.
◦New project underway to ship high-quality Manitoba agricultural products to Chongqing, China. CentrePort Canada has brought together two Chinese companies (Shanghai Invent Logistic & Technology Co. and Minsheng International Freight Co.), CN Worldwide and Canadian Pacific Logistics Solutions to develop a railway containerization project that would increase the export of high-quality Manitoba agricultural products to China.
The project will involve exporting home-grown products such as soybeans, green peas and canola meal to Chongqing, China.
◦CentrePort Canada recently announced its intention to develop a common-use rail facility. 
    Discussions are underway with all stakeholders, including three Class 1 rail carriers (Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe), on a proposal that would benefit CentrePort-based businesses and increase rail volumes.
 A potential site for the facility has been identified and it could be built on land that will be transferred to CentrePort Canada from the provincial government.
 ◦One-Stop Shop for Foreign Trade Zone Benefits is now open for business and processing applications. CentrePort Canada is the only inland port in the country to offer single-window access to Foreign Trade Zone benefits including duty deferral, sales tax relief and customs bonded warehouse status

Mexican Trucks into US ,NAFTA

After years of union efforts to keep them out, Mexican trucks are about to start rolling into the U.S., as allowed under the North American Free Trade Agreement. The first truck will likely enter the U.S. within days, the Associated Press reports. But opponents are still doing their best to stop Mexican trucks. The Teamsters union and two California congressmen, in particular, are leading the effort