What are the parties promising on Infrastructure?

Infrastructure platforms

Here's what the 2024 BC election parties are promising.

Integrate flood mitigation infrastructure in the Highway 1 expansion to mitigate floods in the Sumas Prairie
Upgrade key highway infrastructure in BC's northwest

"Upgrading key highway infrastructure in BC’s northwest needed to unlock investments in new critical mineral mines, create good jobs, and improve community access and safety." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07
Create a new local infrastructure investment fund tied to housing starts

"Encourage municipal partnerships to build more housing through a new local infrastructure investment fund that’s tied to housing starts, while offering more flexibility to cities exceeding those targets."

— An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Build a new bridge across Okanagan Lake by 2032

"Commit to a new bridge across Okanagan Lake by working with the cities of Kelowna and West Kelowna to identify a preferred route, then adding the project into the provincial capital plan for completion no later than 2032." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08
Replace the Taylor Bridge across the Peace River
Rebuild the Red Bridge in Kamloops
Upgrade Highway 19 in Nanaimo with grade separation at some intersections

"Upgrade Highway 19 in Nanaimo with grade separation at the most dangerous and congested intersections." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08
Expand Highway 1 to six lanes to Chilliwack, and rebuild outdated Highway 1 exits and interchanges

"Identify and rebuild outdated Hwy 1 exits and interchanges that are past their useful life, are unsafe, and responsible for bottlenecks, such as Brunette Ave. in Coquitlam." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08
Expand the new Patullo Bridge to six lanes
Build a new Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, and reverse plans to remove the Main St. eastbound dedicated to local traffic
Never implement road or bridge tolls

Provide $650M annually in infrastructure funding to municipalities
Investigate using land value capture, where some property value created by infrastructure investments is used to fund those investments

"Investigate the potential of land value capture as a funding source for infrastructure projects and community development." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09
Establish an all-party Parliamentary Committee to determine sustainable transport funding

"We will establish an all-party Parliamentary Committee for sustainable transport funding.

The Committee will gather expert opinions to create a non-partisan mechanism for funding transport infrastructure and operations, ensuring a comprehensive network for trains, ferries, buses, bikes, trucks, and cars."

— BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09
Require government to spend as much on public transit, walking, and cycling as highway infrastructure and operations

"We will require the Government to spend at least as much on public transit, walking, and cycling as on highway infrastructure and operations.

Reduce the subsidy that car drivers receive to promote equitable transportation funding."

— BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09