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Transportation Assessment of the North and Central Coast of BC Recommendation: Develop a larger and safer ferry terminal in Klemtu, so that it can receive any BC Ferry vessel operating in the North. Also reconfigure the Shearwater and Ocean Falls docks to accommodate larger vessels. ► Issue: Bella Coola airport runway could be flooded if nearby river dykes give way. Recommendation: Bella Coola requires provincial government funding and approval to become a dyking authority responsible for its own maintenance and upgrades of dykes. ► Issue: Bella Bella’s airport needs to be upgraded to accommodate greater volumes of summer visitors. Recommendation: Obtain provincial funding to enlarge Bella Bella’s airport terminal, and install night landing lights. ► Issue: A new Aero Point dock and New Fairview Bay terminal and dock are both needed in Prince Rupert. Recommendation: The BC Government should get behind these projects as soon as possible given their obvious economic, social and environmental benefits for the Lax Kw’alaams and Prince Rupert communities. ► Issue: Small craft harbour improvements are needed at Kitkatla. Recommendation: Obtain provincial funding for these improvements based on their social and economic development merits. ► Issue: Kingcome and Health Bay need transportation improvements Recommendation: Provide road to the dock in Kingcome, and water taxi service for Health Bay in the Mount Waddington Regional District. Chisholm Consulting ix
1. INTRODUCTION Transportation Assessment of the Central & North Coast of BC As part of their mandate to foster improved human wellbeing in First Nation and non-native communities throughout the Central and North Coast, the Ecosystem Based Management Working Group (EBM WG) has identified a sustainable and diversified economy as one of the foundation stones for achieving individual and community wellbeing. The economies of the Central and North Coast have often struggled during the past decade, and there has been a significant population outflow during this time. The resurgence of economic activity in Prince Rupert signals a turning point and, it is hoped, renewed long term economic growth. A reliable and efficient transportation system will be at the heart of this economic renewal. Despite great distances and unpredictable weather, the existing transportation system on the Central and North Coast does a good job of moving both goods and people. But the infrastructure is aging and has seen little investment in the past few decades (this excludes the new ferry that will be starting on Route 10 in 2009). Most communities can cite at least one transportation-related issue – infrequent ferries, small or aging terminals or docks, poor road conditions -- that impedes economic or social development, or poses a problem for the future. And while all communities share similar problems related to geographic isolation, there is no overarching planning process or initiative to plan regional transportation and advance the collective agenda of the Central and North Coast with the provincial government. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the existing transportation system of the Central and North Coast, identify and analyze the key issues, and make recommendations about what the next steps should be in improving the regional transportation system and readying it for future use. It is our hope that it can be a useful tool in galvanizing Central and North Coast collaboration on transportation matters, and in enlisting greater provincial support in this regard. Extensive consultation was required for this assignment, and we are thankful to many people and organizations for the time and information they generously provided. Their names are provided in the List of Contacts at the end of this report. Chisholm Consulting 1
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