Saint John Airport Inc. commissioned WSP to develop a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Environmental Management Resiliency Strategy. The assessment is a risk-management approach to understand the likelihood and consequences of how future climate change events may affect infrastructure components and operations. The Saint John Airport serves the City of Saint John, New Brunswick, and accommodates about 280,000 passengers annually, with annual revenues of over $7 million. The airport consists of two runways, five taxiways, and the associated infrastructure (i.e., … Read more
Province/ Territory: New Brunswick
CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE STRATEGY SAINT JOHN AIRPORT, NEW BRUNSWICK
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Belladune Port Authority Climate Change Risk Assessment Belladune, NB
Posted onIn the fall of 2019, BPA engaged CBCL Limited (CBCL) to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) for its facilities in Belledune, New Brunswick. The risk assessment follows Engineers Canada’s Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Protocol, with adjustments tailored to the study. The PIEVC Protocol provides a risk assessment framework based on interactions between climate parameters and infrastructure assets and operational components. Attachments CBCL – Belledune Port Authority – April 2020 (16 MB)
Province/ Territory: New Brunswick
Transportation Assets Risk Assessments (TARA) to Climate Change – Saint John Ferry Terminal, New Brunswick
Posted onThe Saint John Ferry Terminal, commonly known as the Bay Ferries Terminal, is owned by Transport Canada and privately operated by Bay Ferries Limited. The ferry terminal facilitates year‐round travel between Saint John, NB and Digby, NS and sees approximately 140,000 people pass through its facility each year. The ferry service runs daily crossings, with two daily crossings during the peak season from June to October. The cross provincial journey is serviced by the MV Fundy Rose, a roll on‐roll … Read more
Province/ Territory: New Brunswick
ASSESSMENT OF HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE – CITY OF MIRAMICHI
Posted onMiramichi. like most Canadian communities, is being impacted by a changing climate. Increases in both temperature and precipitation are resulting in sea-level rise, coastal erosion and increased intensity and frequency of storm-surge events. Miramichi, which is in a tidal zone, is presently experiencing flooding during extreme precipitation events. The resulting climate change related impacts are having significant negative economic and socio-economic impacts on Miramichi. In May 2012. the Province of New Brunswick, through the Environmental Trust Fund (ETF), awarded Miramichi … Read more