Alberta Infrastructure Funding Crisis

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Rough ride ahead, Alberta Road Builders Assoc. warns Edmonton city councillors

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Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association president Ron Glen says funding for infrastructure has been reduced by 31 per cent .

Edmonton city councillors were told financial disaster is looming ahead for road infrastructure here and elsewhere in Alberta .

His organization has shrunk from more than 1,000 contractors/members to roughly 700 .

Alberta transportation funding for municipal support was $1.06 billion in 2010 , he says.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has been connecting new buyers with construction equipment for seven decades .

Historically, Alberta has been infrastructure asset-rich — and when the oil and gas industry boom, infrastructure projects do too.

Not even used roadbuilding equipment can escape a U.S.-Canadian tariff war — unless the equipment going to the States was also built there originally.

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