• High Level Bridge to be closed to traffic next spring and summer for urgent repairs

  Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
  Date: 2026-10-30 21:25:54.0
  Tags: [Municipal, Alberta, Infrastructure, Transportation, Climate]

  The City of Edmonton is advancing 2028 rehabilitation plans for the 113-year-old High Level Bridge to the upcoming spring and summer construction season to address severe south-slope erosion caused by unseasonably heavy summer rainfall in 2026. The bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic for the entire construction season to accommodate structural repairs—including work on bearings, deck surfaces, and drainage systems—while the city postpones planned work on the northbound Low Level Bridge until 2028. The city is exploring accessing the Hazard Assistance and Resilience Program (HARP) fund to help cover repair costs, while the bridge's west pedestrian sidewalk and summer trolley are slated to remain operational when possible.

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• Le BAPE publie son rapport sur le programme du ministère des Transports face aux aléas côtiers

  Source: Quebec - Fil de presse gouvernemental
  Date: 2026-09-25 10:03:00.0
  Tags: [Quebec, Environment, Climate, Infrastructure, Transportation]

  At the request of Quebec's Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks, Pascale Déry, the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) has published its report on the Ministère des Transports' ten-year intervention program addressing coastal hazards. The report evaluates the government's strategic framework and measures for managing infrastructure vulnerabilities and climate-related risks along Quebec's coastlines. The findings and recommendations aim to guide future provincial adaptation policies and capital expenditures for vulnerable coastal transportation assets.

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• The N.W.T. is slowly closing the infrastructure gap for EVs

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-09-09 16:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Infrastructure, Transportation, Energy, Climate, Environment]

  Marking one year since the completion of the Government of the Northwest Territories' EV charging corridor between Yellowknife and Alberta, local utilities Naka Power Utilities and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) report varying uptake across charging stations. Between January 1, 2025, and August 17, 2026, NTPC recorded 194 charging sessions totaling 6,182 kilowatt hours purchased across Behchokǫ̀, Hay River, and Fort Smith, while Naka Power tracked limited 2026 usage across Enterprise, Yellowknife, and Fort Providence due to isolated micro-grid constraints. The City of Yellowknife is also integrating EV chargers into new construction projects under its Climate Action Plan, which accounts for approximately 20 per cent of municipal emissions originating from transportation.

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• As Carney advances Vancouver port expansion, environmentalists raise concern for at-risk species

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-05 08:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment, Climate]

  The federal government has issued a mandatory notice under the Building Canada Act to designate the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 port expansion project in Vancouver as a project of national interest, initiating a 30-day consultation period. Led by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the $10 billion three-berth container terminal expansion—backed by a federal-provincial funding agreement—aims to increase port capacity by nearly 50 per cent and generate $100 billion in annual trade capacity. Environmental groups, including Environmental Defence, and biological scientists have raised concerns that national-interest status could fast-track approvals and give Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet discretionary power to bypass environmental safeguards under the Species at Risk Act, potentially threatening endangered southern resident killer whales and chinook salmon habitats within the Fraser River Estuary.

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