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Manitoba Infrastructure: Service Delivery Review

Manitoba Infrastructure is committed to ensuring safe, reliable and sustainable infrastructure and services for Manitoba and its communities. The Department is conducting a review of all our services and are seeking input from the public on our role going forward. The Review is based on four key questions: – What should be our strategic lines of business? – How can we better deliver those lines of business? – Are we getting the best value for money and return on investment? – What can we do to improve infrastructure sustainability?

Manitoba Infrastructure is responsible for the delivery of many services:

– Highways: Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Road Information Services – Bridges & Culverts ̶ Water Management – Flood Mitigation ̶ Government Air Services – Drainage Assets ̶ Crown Lands – Hydrologic/Forecasting ̶ Emergency Management – Motor Carrier Services ̶ Disaster Recovery Programs – Northern Airports ̶ Provincial Shortline Railways – Winter Roads ̶ Ferries

Information about five of the major service areas delivered by Manitoba Infrastructure are displayed here today. Please take time to visit each area to learn about the services we currently provide: 1. Infrastructure Construction 2. Infrastructure Maintenance 3. Water Related Assets 4. Motor Carrier Services 5. Emergency Management Staff are available to answer your questions and listen to your comments about any of the services delivered by Manitoba Infrastructure. We also invite you to fill out a comment sheet.

Provincial Highway Network

Provincial Trunk Highways

– Are almost always paved – Typically have high traffic volumes – High levels of service in construction and maintenance

Paved Provincial Roads

– Typically have moderate traffic volumes – Moderate levels of service in construction and maintenance

Gravel Provincial Roads

– Lower traffic volumes – Lower levels of service in construction and maintenance

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Highway Classification

Not all highways or roads are the same; they can be classified based on characteristics:

Strategic highways (mostly paved PTHs)

– Focus: trade and commerce – International, inter-provincial, inter-regional, inter-city

Regionally important highways (mostly paved PRs)

– Inter-municipal, inter-community – Focus: commerce and commuting

Locally important highways (mostly gravel PRs)

– Typically “end of trip” routes: limited through traffic – Focus: access to local businesses, farms and residences

Purpose of Highway Classification is to set service levels and priorities:

Engineering… Maintenance… Capital project prioritization… Allowable loading

Setting Priorities and Levels-of- Service on the Provincial Highway Network

Highway Maintenance

Winter maintenance: Snow and ice control Surface maintenance: Repair potholes, cracks and ruts, base and sub-grade repair, pavement marking, sweeping Gravel maintenance: Distributing, blading, and reshaping gravel roads and gravel shoulders, dust management Roadside maintenance: Culvert repairs, roadside clean-up and drainage management, highway sign maintenance and replacement

Maintenance Prioritization

• Surface condition of the highway network is rated each fall based on

roughness, wheel rutting and cracking to determine requirements for surface work.

• First priority is given to Winter Operations based on Winter Levels
• f Service.
• The remaining maintenance budget is allocated based on safety,

standards and best practices. The Work Programs generally include surface, shoulders, gravel, roadside, signs and drainage.

Winter Maintenance Levels-of- Service on the Provincial Highway Network

Setting Priorities and Levels-of- Service on the Provincial Highway Network

Construction Project Prioritization

Consideration when developing the Capital Program includes:

• Asset Management principles
• Focus on preserving and renewing existing infrastructure
• Network needs (asset condition, safety, capacity, environmental,

geotechnical, maintenance, drainage, loading, stakeholder feedback)

• Supporting the provincial economy (increases to allowable weight

limits, focus on strategic highways)

• Normalizing work among regions and industry sectors
• Federal cost-share programs criteria
• Government priorities/focus

Contracting / Tendering Projects

Tender/Contract Types MI Staff Engineering Service Provider Construction Company Preliminary Design Some Some N/A Detailed Design Some Some Some Construction Some None Most Material Supply Some None Most Contract Administration Most Some N/A Quality Control Most Some Some Quality Assurance Most Some None Acceptance Most Some N/A Tender Specifications: Method-based specifications… end-product specifications… performance-based specifications… etc. OPPORTUNITIES TO COMBINE SERVICES IN CONTRACTS? OPPORTUNITIES TO ALTER SERVICE PROVIDER?

Once a capital or maintenance project is prioritized, the department generally tenders the various activities involved in completing the project and enters into a contract with an engineering or construction company

1 INVENTORY: WATER RELATED ASSETS

Flood Protection Community Ring Dikes 19 Pumping Stations 33 Linear River Diking 425 km Diversions 8 Dams 90 Agricultural Drainage Drains 4,750 km Pumping Stations 8 Thru-Dike Culverts 13,000 Culvert Crossings (incl. hwy structures on agricultural drainage network) 3,350 Other Water Control Structures 345

Estimated Asset Replacement Value ~ $7 billion (today’s dollars) INVENTORY: BRIDGES & STRUCTURES ASSETS – 3,365 Structures

Highway Network – 2,439 Structures Highway Structures and Overpasses 1,197 Bridge Sized Culverts 1,059 Overhead Sign Structures 183 Agricultural Drainage Network – 926 Structures Agricultural Drainage Bridges 526 Bridge Sized Culverts 400

Estimated Asset Replacement Value ~ $9 billion (today’s dollars)

Highway Bridges and Structures Water Control Infrastructure

Water Related Infrastructure

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Provincial Scope Flood Protection

• Extensive network of flood mitigation

infrastructure operated as a system to protect communities against flooding, including: –Shellmouth Dam and Reservoir –Portage Diversion –Fairford River Water Control Structure –Red River Floodway –Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin

• utlet channels (under construction)

–Assiniboine River Dikes (Portage la Prairie to Baie St. Paul)

• Operation of essential strategic

infrastructure provides a provincial benefit Local Scope Flood Protection (Community ring dikes, pumping stations)

• Ownership is mixed across Manitoba

(provincial, municipal and private) –Generally a result of the funding program

• Community ring dikes

–Specific objective to provide community flood protection

• Linear dikes

–Generally to keep water within channel to avoid uncontrolled overland flooding

• r inter-basin transfer

–Assiniboine River Dikes (Baie St. Paul to Winnipeg)

• Infrastructure provides local benefits

Water Related Infrastructure

Multi-Purpose Dams

• MI is responsible for the stewardship and

safe operation of 90 multi-purpose provincial dams –Water supply (municipal) –Irrigation and stock watering –Recreation –Some flood protection (lower consequence events)

• Canadian Dam Association guidelines

(e.g., inspection, emergency response, design) –Industry requirements and standards due to complexity of asset

• Emergency response and preparedness

plans, operation manuals

• Infrastructure provides regional and local

benefits Provincial agricultural drainage network

• Multi-jurisdictional (Manitoba government,

local governments, Conservation Districts and landowners) –Responsibility for drains has varied since the 1800s.

• MI is responsible for 4,750 km of

provincial waterways. –3rd order drains and higher (classified based on their capacity) –Includes crossings, small diameter culverts and pumping stations on the agricultural drainage system

• Infrastructure provides regional and local

benefits

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Hydrologic Forecasting

• Produce accurate and timely hydrologic

forecasts and disseminate information to the public, Emergency officials and municipalities

• Maintain hydrologic data and products

which can be used by other governmental agencies

Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management

Hydrologic Operations

• Plan and direct operation of flood control

infrastructure

• Hydrometric program administration

–Approx. 400 stations operated under Canada-Manitoba Cost Share Agreement (MI, MB Hydro, WSC) –MI operates an additional 71 stations

• Hydrologic analysis for infrastructure

planning and design

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Development review, LiDAR data collection, and flood hazard maps

• Provincial responsibility over development

in Designated Flood Areas. Provide information on flooding, erosion and/or instability to local authorities

• 17 communities previously mapped. LiDAR

has been acquired and maps are being developed for the lower Assiniboine River, Souris River and other communities

• Maps assist with planning and construction
• f private developments, municipal and

provincial infrastructure

Permit Services

• Provides a mechanism which allows the use of vehicles not allowed

under regulation, by permit.

• Is enabled by the Highway Traffic Act and guided by internal policy

established by the department as a whole.

• Delivered solely by internal staff.
• Requests to operate non-conforming vehicles for which policy has

not yet been established are reviewed by the departmental Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Steering Committee. Manitoba’s Trucking Productivity Improvement Fund

• A user-pay, cost-recovery mechanism for carriers wishing to haul

loads that exceed weight limits on portions of desired routes.

• Authorized by provincial regulation and guided by internal policy.
• Requires cross-divisional involvement to administer i.e. regional,

divisional and bridge approvals (as required).

• Delivered solely by internal staff.

Manitoba’s Safety Fitness Certificate Program

• A program designed to ensure the safety of all road users province-

wide by only allowing carriers with appropriate safety performance and insurance levels to operate in Manitoba.

• Driven by a national framework adopted into provincial legislation,

supporting a harmonized approach.

• Provincial legislation establishes minimum insurance requirements,

carrier safety performance requirements and need to have an SFC to operate in Manitoba.

• Delivered solely by internal staff.

Motor Carrier Services

Commercial Carrier Facility Audits

• Manitoba conducts facility audits assessing a motor carrier or operator
• f a regulated vehicle’s compliance with areas of driver qualification,

hours of service, vehicle fitness and transportation of dangerous goods.

• National Safety Code 15 standard allows for third party service delivery

concepts outlining the various requirements and processes.

• This function is delivered by internal staff with existing administrative

processes defined by internal program policy. Monitoring of Commercial Carrier Operations

• Manitoba monitors the safety performance of carriers using on-road

inspection, conviction and reportable accident data incurred by drivers

• perating under the carrier.
• Profiles are available for monitoring by carriers or the public through a

public web portal.

• This function is delivered by internal staff with existing administrative

processes defined by internal program policy. Motor Carrier Enforcement Programs

• Enforces various provincial/federal acts and regulations specific to the

commercial vehicle surface transportation industry (trucks/buses).

• Operates 8 Highway Traffic Inspection Stations (also known as weight

stations) province-wide  Activities include enforcement of: weight and dimensions, cargo securement, dangerous goods, hours of service, fuel tax, driver/vehicle licensing and various other regulations.  Inspection activities include: Level 1-3 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Inspections, Item specific awareness blitz’s, and cargo verification.

• Maintains 16 mobile road enforcement patrol territories
• Partner Agency Training and Support
• Public Education and Outreach

Motor Carrier Functions

Commercial Carrier Facility Audits

• Manitoba conducts facility audits assessing a motor carrier or operator of a regulated

vehicle’s compliance with areas of driver qualification, hours of service, vehicle fitness and transportation of dangerous goods.

• National Safety Code 15 standard allows for third party service delivery concepts
• utlining the various requirements and processes.
• This function is delivered by internal staff with existing administrative processes

defined by internal program policy. Monitoring of Commercial Carrier Operations

• Manitoba monitors the safety performance of carriers using on-road inspection,

conviction and reportable accident data incurred by drivers operating under the carrier.

• Profiles are available for monitoring by carriers or the public through a public web

portal.

• This function is delivered by internal staff with existing administrative processes

defined by internal program policy. Motor Carrier Enforcement Programs

• Enforces various provincial/federal acts and regulations specific to the commercial

vehicle surface transportation industry (trucks/buses).

• Operates 8 Highway Traffic Inspection Stations (also known as weight stations)

province-wide  Activities include enforcement of: weight and dimensions, cargo securement, dangerous goods, hours of service, fuel tax, driver/vehicle licensing and various other regulations.  Inspection activities include: Level 1-3 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Inspections, Item specific awareness blitz’s, and cargo verification.

• Maintains 16 mobile road enforcement patrol territories
• Partner Agency Training and Support
• Public Education and Outreach

Shortline Railway Safety Administration

• Manitoba monitors all provincial shortline railways for safe operations and compliance

with existing regulations and inspection requirements.

• Shortline Railway Administration is a shared responsibility between the departments

Traffic Engineering Branch (crossing and signals compliance) and Motor Carrier Commercial Vehicle Safety and Permitting (remaining area’s).

• Day to Day functions and monitoring are completed in house.
• Rules, track, locomotive compliance and signalized cross inspections contracted to

Transport Canada.

Motor Carrier Functions

Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization

Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) oversees and coordinates all aspects of emergency preparedness in the province and manages, directs, and coordinates the response of all departments to a major emergency or disaster. Preparedness Program Evaluate emergency preparedness programs to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for program management, hazard and risk assessments, continuity planning, public education and awareness, emergency preparedness plans, exercises, and other preparedness activities. Deliver emergency management training to meet regulatory requirements and provide emergency management doctrine and supporting material for the emergency management community. Operational Readiness Program Ensure the ability of Manitoba EMO and the Manitoba Emergency Coordination Centre to direct a whole of government approach to emergency and disaster management through maintenance of province-wide situational awareness, preparation and exercising of provincial emergency plans, and delivery of an emergency alerting program. 2007 Elie F5 Tornado 2011 Spring Flood

Disaster Financial Assistance Programs: Manitoba EMO administers and delivers the Manitoba government’s Disaster Financial Assistance program to aid Manitobans in their recovery from natural disasters. 911 Public Safety Answering Points Manitoba EMO provides technical

• versight and the licensing of the 911

Public Safety Answering Points in the province. Artificial Flooding Compensation Manitoba EMO administers artificial flooding compensation programs to provide compensation to landowners for damages caused by artificial flooding resulting from the operation

• f the Shellmouth Dam and Red

River Floodway.

Manitoba EMO Command Vehicle Sandbagging for 2011 Flood Manitoba Emergency Coordination Centre

Business Continuity Planning Manitoba EMO facilitates the development, exercise and renewal

• f Manitoba government

departmental continuity plans.

Northern Airports and Marine Operations (NAMO)

Program Mandate:

To provide and maintain safe, efficient and effective provincial airport and marine infrastructure and services to Manitoba in a reliable and sustainable manner through our innovative, committed and caring workforce.

Vision:

Our vision is to connect Manitoba’s northern communities by maximizing the safety, efficiency and reliability of Manitoba’s airport and ferry services.

Northern Airports and Marine Operations (NAMO)

• 22 Northern Airports
• Over 5000 Medevac Flights

Annually

• Over 50,000 Aircraft Movements

Annually

• Over 200,000 People Moved

Annually

• Over 12,000 Tonnes of Freight

Moved Annually

• 4 Marine Sites Providing

Ferry Service

• Over 200,000 Passengers Moved

by Ferry

• Over 100,000 Vehicles Moved by

Ferry

• Over 80 Buildings
• 130 Staff
• NAMO plays a large role in

Emergency Evacuations. Most recent due to Forest Fires in Little Grand Rapids and Pauingassi.

NAMO STATISTICS Connecting Manitobans

C.F. Gilbert Laugher - New marine vessel to provide service for Manitobans to Norway House.