MHCA acknowledges it is located on Treaty One land and the homeland of the Metis Nation

MHCA seeks clarification on Winnipeg streets budget for 2020

Public Works recommendations outline options for cuts in capital program

Winnipeg’s Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works Committee heard Wednesday local and regional street renewal projects will be deferred and cuts will be made in successive years to planned investments. The Public Works Department’s presentation was the first of four committee hearings on the 2020 budget planning process.

“Regional and Local Street Renewal program projects (with the exception of accelerated regional roads) will be deferred due to the realignment of the bridge program,” the Public Works document, delivered to the IRPW Committee, said.

The presentation noted that bridge work is now eligible for funding out of the Local and Regional Street Renewal Reserve, established to flow revenues collected from the annual 2% tax initially dedicated just for streets. The Committee was told funding for bridges will be required sooner that originally forecasted.

The Committee was told that to meet the budget cap of 1.5% increase, set by the Executive Policy Committee for Public Works, deferred expenditures were required through to 2025. In total, for local and regional street renewals it would cut some $28.8 million in planned investment 2022-2025. Further, funding of the Sherwin Road culvert in 2020 and ’21 will require $7.3 million in deferred industrial street projects planned in those same years.

“We are working with the administration to understand what was recommended by the department Thursday to IRPW,” MHCA President Chris Lorenc said. “Part of the confusion is that, in total, we are actually told the 2020 budget for local and regional streets has increased compared to the forecast given in last year’s budget.”

MHCA plans to appear before IRPW on November 28, to feed into the Committee’s deliberations.

Chair’s Gala

November 18, 2022
RBC Convention Centre

Close to 650pp attended from both industry, government and stakeholder partners.  It was the closing of Nicole Chabot’s two year term as Chair.  Dennis Cruise of Bituminex Paving was welcomed as the new Chair.

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2022 Heavy Santa

December 16, 2022
David Livingstone School

This event was made possible through fundraising at the MHCA Chair’s Gala and Spring Mixer.

104 goodie bags and presents were prepared for the grades 1-4 students at David Livingstone School. 

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Awards Breakfast & Annual General Meeting

November 18, 2022
RBC Convention Centre

Manitoba Transportation & Infrastructure (MTI) Award Winner

  • Grading – Strilkiwski Contracting Ltd.: PTH 6 Grahamdale
  • Paving – Coco Paving o/a Russell Redi-Mix: Bituminous Reconstruction PTH 83
  • Urban Works – Coco Paving o/a Russell Redi-Mix: Bituminous Reconstruction PA 634 and Bituminous Pavement PTH 5
  • Special Projects – Mekhana Development Corp/Arnason Industries Ltd: Theresa Point Airport
  • Major Structures – D. Steele Construction: Bridge Replacement over the Red River Floodway on PTH 59N
  • Minor Structures – Moncrief Construction Ltd.: Reinforced concrete box culvert on PTH 5
  • Water Management – Brunet Ltd.: Flood response, Morris ring dike closure

200 members and guests gathered to hear greetings from Premier Heather Stefanson and the newly elected Mayor of Winnipeg, Scott Gillingham. Hon. Doyle Piwniuk, Minister, Manitoba Infrastructure, handed out the MTI Awards.

31 companies were recognized for their milestone membership commitments.

Matthew Neziol, of Bayview Construction, received the Safety Leader Award.

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