Eastern Alberta’s three Regional Economic Development Alliances (REDAs) are working with key stakeholders to develop and promote a north/south transportation corridor (the “Corridor”) that would stretch from the US border in the south to the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) in the north. Click here to see maps.

The three REDAs are:

• Palliser Economic Partnership
• Battle River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED)
• Northeast Alberta Information HUB (HUB)

The Corridor will include Highways 36, 41 and 63, with links to the Edmonton-Calgary corridor to the west, and links east to Saskatchewan, and will become a major component of the “Ports to Plains Corridor” of the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Questions about this project can be directed to: Walter Valentini walter[at]palliseralberta[dot]com

Eastern Corridor maps

• Port to Plains Map (US & Canada)
• Eastern Alberta Corridor Map

Research and reports

Project details

• Eastern Alberta's Ports to Plains Corridor Refined Terms of Reference March 14
• Eastern Alberta Ports to Plains Corridor Development and Marketing Project Presentation
• Final Cover Page Report September 2010
• FINAL Eastern Alberta Ports to Plains – Development and Marketing Report September 2010

Project timeline

• Project timelines
• September board meetings and final corridor project presentations

Previous reports and presentations

• Joe Kiely, Vice-President of Operations, Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor, Limon, Colorado  Success in Rural Communities along Ports-to-Plains Corridor
• An Analysis of the Economic Impacts & Opportunities on Alberta’s Eastern Corridor Resulting from Upgrading Port of Entry (Wild Horse) – March 2008
• The Economic Impact of Wild Horse Border Crossings Upgrades – March 2008
• Impact of Canadian Economic Development on Northern Montana Highways – April 2010   

Update

Thanks to months of hard work by the Project Steering Committee and the Project Consultant (Activation Analysis Group Inc.), the research and marketing plan development phases of the project are complete. A draft “Eastern Alberta Corridor Plan” was presented in Medicine Hat in September 2010. Outcomes of that presentation, and next steps, will be posted here in early in 2011.

Previous updates:

• July 2010 newsletter article
• April 2010 newsletter article
• February 2010 press release

Contact information

Walter Valentini
walter[at]palliseralberta[dot]com

Project Consultant

Activation Analysis Group Inc. / GTS Group International Inc.
George de Rappard, Senior Partner, GTS Group and Senior AAGI
george.derappard[at]aagi[dot]ca
780-415-5153