{"id":174539,"date":"2018-09-12T07:25:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T11:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/?p=174539"},"modified":"2018-09-11T13:39:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:39:36","slug":"first-data-canadas-core-public-infrastructure-survey-highlights-roads-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/joc\/news\/infrastructure\/2018\/09\/first-data-canadas-core-public-infrastructure-survey-highlights-roads-bridges","title":{"rendered":"First data from Canada\u2019s Core Public Infrastructure Survey highlights roads, bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first data release from Canada\u2019s Core Public Infrastructure Survey paints a picture of a vast network of roads long enough to circle the globe at its equator over 19 times, with six of 10 roads in good or very good shape but a substantial number of bridges nearing the end of their useful lives.<\/p>\n
The survey, released Aug. 24, was a commitment made in the federal government\u2019s 2016 budget to enable more evidenced-based decisions in developing public infrastructure policy, Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities spokesperson Kate Monfette explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roads and bridges, the first two of nine types of infrastructure identified, were catalogued in the initial data release, representing a look at those structures as of 2016. The information was compiled by Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results of Canada\u2019s Core Public Infrastructure survey will establish an important baseline for measuring the impact and progress from infrastructure investments over time and will provide valuable benchmarks to help communities assess and prioritize local infrastructure projects,\u201d said Minister of Infrastructure Francois-Philippe Champagne in the release.<\/p>\n
Among the findings:<\/p>\n
Andy Manahan, executive director of the Residential and Civil 麻豆传媒高清ion Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), sifted through some of the data with former Ontario deputy minister Michael Fenn, a regular contributor to RCCAO infrastructure research, and said it\u2019s important to determine how the information will be used.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertainly more data is better, but it\u2019s how data is packaged and used that is critical,\u201d said Manahan. \u201cBecause it is high level information at this stage, I would exercise caution in using this survey to make policy decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
An initial observation he had after Fenn had shared notes, Manahan said, was that there did not seem to be new types of infrastructure identified, so the survey looks back at past practices.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe risk is, just showing current state and history might have a slight bias in favour of rehabilitating infrastructure rather than modernizing and making some really tough decisions in favour of new technology and new ways of doing things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Manahan noted there had been other important infrastructure surveys conducted, including the Report Card series spearheaded by several groups including the Canadian 麻豆传媒高清ion Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do we tie all this research together?\u201d he asked. \u201cThe report card was taking a forward-looking view. At least at this stage, it (the survey) is a snapshot but it is not doing any policy analysis so that is a gap in this survey so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manahan said there could also be differences in the way asset management plans are assembled and in how life spans of assets are determined \u2014 perhaps with varying results depending on whether the life cycles were assessed by a public works staffer or an engineer, he noted as an example.<\/p>\n
Noting the large number of bridges that were built half a century ago, Manahan said, \u201cThat is a big responsibility and potentially a large cost burden, when there is a situation when the life expectancy of a bridge is derived to be 60 years. If a lot of those bridges were built in the 1950s, that\u2019s a ticking time bomb there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monfette said in a note, \u201cWe are developing tools and analytical systems that can measure and assess how various federal infrastructure investments are delivering on the economic, social and environmental outcomes that Canadians want and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manahan said the RCCAO would want to contribute to this process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is good data in this, but there is other data that would be helpful in terms of how well these assets are utilized and how are they being stressed,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat may be for future surveys.\u201d<\/p>\n
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OTTAWA \u2014 Statistics Canada, in partnership with Infrastructure Canada, has launched a catalogue of the state of the nation\u2019s infrastructure to provide statistical information on the stock, condition, performance and asset management strategies of Canada\u2019s core public infrastructure assets.<\/p>\n
The first release, issued Aug. 24, presents findings on roads, bridges and tunnels as of 2016.<\/p>\n
Did you know:<\/p>\n
The first data release from Canada\u2019s Core Public Infrastructure Survey paints a picture of a vast network of roads long enough to circle the globe at its equator over 19 times, with six of 10 roads in good or very good shape but a substantial number of bridges nearing the end of their useful lives. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":174540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[13],"tags":[7054,4767,13826,7269,1022,526,25446,25445,12770,12539,13862,823,17216,25447,10082,19399,7268,3989,25448,828,1491,25444],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n