|
  • Details
    • Service: Special Interests, Advisory
    Date: 3/14/2010
    Canada - English - Issues and insights - Articles & publications

    Global Infrastructure: Trend Monitor – North American Roads Edition 

    Global Infrastructure: Trend Monitor – North American Roads Edition provides a qualitative assessment of the infrastructure investment climate by province, territory, or state across North America, revealing those markets with the most attractive investment potential.

     

    Challenges and opportunities abound for governments and the private sector alike regarding road infrastructure, with potential changes to the current investment model encouraging greater participation by private capital. Global Infrastructure: Trend Monitor – North American Roads Edition offers a 5 year forecast into this subject. The report estimates the size and growth prospects of road investment in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, highlighting specific areas that might warrant closer attention.

    Download Now
    PDF files require Adobe Reader to view
    Download Adobe Reader

    Key Insights

     

    • Canadian road expenditure will grow by an average of 1 percent per year between 2009 and 2013, taking the total expenditure in 2013 to USD$14.9 billion.
    • Four provinces—Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec—are expected to continue to attract nearly 90 percent of Canadian road investment.
    • Significant interest persists in alternative funding and development models such as P3/Public Private Partnerships (PPP). Several Canadian road and transit-related projects have been developed as PPPs, with more envisioned for the future.
    • Leading institutional investors, such as pension funds, continue to be drawn to Canada's large secondary market for infrastructure assets, due in part to the relatively steady and predictable cash flows they generate.