Manitoba infrastructure program

The new amenities are located at the Selkirk Community Stadium next to Lord Selkirk Comprehensive School, where they will complement existing facilities that provide a recreational hub for the region.

Under the infrastructure program, the federal and provincial governments and Western Canada Summer Games Inc. The track will create many opportunities for Selkirk to host future competitions and will act as a catalyst and encourage more of the local youth to participate in sport activities," said Gail Bagnall, Games Co-Chair and Superintendent of the Lord Selkirk School Division.

All projects are subject to federal and provincial environmental processes before final approval is granted. We need a new way to manage our infrastructure assets.

Asset management is the systematic practice of using human and financial resources to plan, source, construct, operate, maintain, renew and decommission infrastructure and equipment to sustainably deliver municipal services that manage risk, achieve regulatory requirements and meet the reasonable expectations of citizens. AMM is committed to helping municipal leaders adopt new asset management practices which will ensure they can operate and maintain infrastructure efficiently and effectively.

Projects January 11, Government January 10, Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph — November The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can Economic January 7, Municipal Airport Commissions, established by one or more municipal governments under the powers granted to them in Section 2 d general power of the Municipal Act for the purpose of owning or operating an airport either directly or indirectly through arrangement with local flying clubs, locally based commercial aircraft operators or others, may make application to the Department of Manitoba Infrastructure for grants available under this program.

The airport commission will be responsible for ensuring that the grants are used for improvement and maintenance of an airport with at least one runway certified or registered by Transport Canada which meets the minimum standards of this program. Preference will be given to airport commissions established jointly by the municipal government of towns, villages and rural municipalities located within a radius of 20 miles of the proposed or existing airport site.

Preference will be given to regional airport commissions proposing to locate an airport close to a town or village with a population of or more. Preference will be given to applications by airport commissions operating airports on land owned by the airport commission or by one or all of the constituent municipal members and which has ensured, by by-law, that the airport will be protected to ensure its continued operation at a certifiable standard for a minimum of 20 years.

An airport commission will be responsible for, but need not operate the airport itself. It may make such arrangements as it deems necessary and which it is empowered to make under the by-laws by which it is established. The Manitoba Airport Assistance Program has been designed to encourage maximum local participation. Several airports have been developed in Manitoba at very low cost. These airports have usually been developed through close cooperation of the municipal governments and those interested in flying.

Municipalities have made land available, often unused road allowances, and have assisted further by using municipal equipment for grading, levelling and seeding. Flying clubs have donated labour, material and equipment and have operated the airport in lieu of paying rent to the municipality. The result has been a usable airport at a very low cost, but one which may not meet all Transport Canada's standards for safe flying operations.

In formulating the Manitoba Airport Assistance Program, a number of airstrips in Manitoba were visited and discussions held with flying club personnel and municipal officials regarding the construction, maintenance and operation of their airports.

In almost every instance, it proved to be impossible to obtain an accurate estimate of the cost of construction, maintenance or annual operations of airstrips in Manitoba. The reason for this was common to all airstrips visited and was not due to improper accounting.