38ec2871_1_Manitoba_Provincial_Election__James_Beddome_Green
[0] City of Winnipeg / Municipalities / Infrastructure [Greg Selinger NDP] $65 million to repair and improve highways in the north including highway 6 and provincial roads 391 and 280. Rebuild highway 10 between Bakers Narrows and Flin Flon. [Hugh McFayden PC] five-year, $375-million Manitoba Strategic Investment Fund that all local governments in Manitoba, including Winnipeg, can access to support infrastructure projects of their choice. Provide $40 million over four years to the City of Winnipeg to pave 384 gravel back lanes. Eliminate wasteful spending to ensure more resources are available to support local governments. Remove PST from professional services that were exempt prior to 2004 (like engineering and architecture). Complete the development of CentrePort and ensure CentrePort has the infrastructure support it needs in order to succeed Support Manitoba's current Highway Renewal Plan 2011-2015. Maintain the current level of annual funding support for the City of Winnipeg over a four-year period to ensure continued support of the Winnipeg Police Service, Winnipeg Transit and other important municipal services. Focus additional infrastructure resources to support international trading opportunities. Commit to discussions with Manitoba's local governments to develop a new, long-term funding model to address the infrastructure funding challenge together. Develop a commission to assess Manitoba's transportation infrastructure and its limitations on northern development. Review provincial response to 2011 flood and provincial flood compensation. Create a Water Management Committee of cabinet to restore long-term planning and coordinated water management decision making. Upgrade flood forecasting resources. Build the leaf gates on the Shellmouth dam. Complete emergency channels to lower Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin. Improve and expand the Brandon diking system and restore the Assiniboine River dikes east of Portage la Prairie. Implement an ecological goods and services program to support watershed-focused conservation practices. [Jon Gerard Liberal] $44 million a year for rapid transit in Winnipeg, with an initial focus on extending the first rapid transit line to the University of Manitoba. [James Beddome Green] 
Complete the rapid transit corridor to the University of Manitoba. Construct segregated bike lanes starting with the busiest streets and highways. Amend the Highway Traffic Act to allow bikes to use one entire lane of traffic, instead of just part of a lane, on streets where speed limits are below 70 km/hour. Create an efficient, provincially-owned and subsidized inter-city transportation system.
2011 Manitoba Provincial Election
James Beddome Green