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CentrePort Canada Inc. Canada’s First Tri-modal Inland Port & Foreign Trade Zone

Diane Gray, President & CEO April 2014

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What is an Inland Port?

“A physical site located away from traditional coastal borders with the vision to facilitate and process international trade through strategic investment in multi-modal transportation assets and by promoting value-added services as goods move through the supply chain.”

(Center for Transportation Research, The University

• f Texas at Austin)

Alliance Texas CentrePort

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CentrePort: Canada’s Centre for Global Trade

CentrePort Canada, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, offers 20,000 acres of high- quality industrial land, adjacent to a major urban centre and the Canada-US border, with on-site access to tri-modal transportation options. CentrePort Canada Inc. is building an integrated logistics and infrastructure platform to attract trade oriented business.

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CentrePort Canada is connected to important global markets:

• Asia Pacific Gateway

– Trans Canada Corridor – Northwest Corridor

• Quebec-Ontario Gateway

– Trans Canada Corridor – Windsor/Detroit

• NAFTA Gateway

– Mid-Continent Corridor – Eastern USA Seaboard – Mexico

• Atlantic Gateway

– Halifax Port

• Arctic Gateway

– Air Polar Routes – Marine Polar Routes

Winnipeg - At the Hub of Key Trade Gateways

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• Anchored by the James

Armstrong International Airport.

• Located in the northwest

quadrant of Winnipeg and the RM of Rosser. The boundaries are Saskatchewan Avenue to the south, the perimeter highway to the west and north, and Brookside Blvd to the east.

• CentrePort Canada is focused on

attracting trade oriented business including manufacturing, distribution and warehousing, food processing and agricultural commodities and transportation and related logistic service industries.

CentrePort Canada’s Location

LEGEND

CentrePort Canada CentrePort Canada Way Railway Yards Industrial Areas

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Master Planning Approach to Developing the 20,000 Acre Trimodal Inland Port

BUILDING AN INTEGRATED LOGISTICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM

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• Winnipeg is the only major Canadian city on

the prairies that is served by three continental class 1 railways: CN, CP and

• BNSF. All three have access to CentrePort.
• Conceptual design work has been

completed for an on-site common use rail facility which will allow rail intensive businesses to access three class one carriers from a single location.

The Differentiator: Common Use Rail Facility Operational in 2016

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• James Armstrong Richardson International

Airport is #1 in Canada for dedicated freighter aircraft movements and operates 24 / 7.

• All key integrators located on site;

including Purolator, Fed Ex, Cargo Jet, and UPS.

• 7 p.m. cut off for overnight parcel delivery

to major Canadian / US cities.

The Most Dedicated Air Cargo Flights in Canada

• CentrePort is a significant trucking centre located only one hour from the

Canada-U.S. border crossing. In 2012, two-way truck traffic at the Emerson- Pembina border crossing totaled $19 billion – making it the busiest in Western Canada.

• CentrePort Canada Way, a $212.4 million expressway, opened in November
• 2013. An additional $800 million in associated highway infrastructure has recently

been announced including the doubling of CentrePort Canada Way to include a by-pass of Headingley.

Source: John Woods for The Globe and Mail & Tom Thomson

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An Expressway Runs Through It

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Doubling of CentrePort Canada Way

EXISTING CENTREPORT CANADA WAY

5 minutes to 55 MPH

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Serviced Land Available in 2015

Water

• New water

treatment facility to be built in Headingley. Facility will draw from Assiniboine River, serving CentrePort & neighbouring municipalities.

• Headingley plant

will offer 150 L/s, complementing St. Eustache’s 60 L/s. Wastewater

• Winnipeg & Rosser agreement in principle to extend wastewater to Rosser.
• Winnipeg to extend sewer mainline to Rosser; Rosser and area businesses pay to

hook up.

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New CentrePort Zoning By-Law and Secondary Planning Launched

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Live, Work, Play with New Residential Community

• 187 acres of greenfield

development by 31 companies in past three years.

• Full servicing by the end of 2015

expected to accelerate development.

• Continued industrial growth

expected:

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Economic Impact and Next Steps

– Up to 300 acres of new industrial development over the next 5 years including large acreage sites and direct rail served facilities. – New business park on 60 acres. – Residential community on 500 acres, expected to include 3,300 residential units housing 8,000+ residents. 10-15 year build-out.

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CentrePort Canada: Canada’s Centre for Global Trade

Contact: Diane Gray Diane.Gray@CentrePortCanada.ca 204-784-1300 www.centreportcanada.ca