No. P11/01
For release July 26, 2001
TAKLA LANDING PUBLIC PORT FACILITY OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED TOLOCAL INTERESTS
TAKLA LANDING, B.C. Environment Minister David Anderson and MP
(Victoria), on behalf of Transport Minister David Collenette, today announced
the official transfer of the Takla Landing public port facility, on Takla Lake
in northern British Columbia, to the port facilitys upland owner Takla Trading
Post Limited.
The transfer agreement includes a $135,600 contribution from the National
Marine Policys Divestiture Fund to offset the initial operating costs for the
port facility. The Takla Landing port facility includes a 50metre wharf and a
15metre float.
"Takla Trading Post Limited is to be congratulated for joining the move
towards a new era of port management," said Mr. Anderson. "Having
these facilities run by local people who know its role in the community and
its potential for growth will allow them to function in a more commercial
and costeffective manner."
Under the National Marine Policy, announced in December 1995,
regional/local port facilities are being transferred to other interests over a
sixyear period ending in March 2002. In some cases, ports are being transferred
as operating ports; in other cases, Crown land and facilities are being
transferred to interested parties for other uses.
"The National Marine Policy enables ports to respond more effectively to
the needs of their customers," said Mr. Collenette. "The better use of
the transportation infrastructure in this manner will ultimately provide a boost
to trade, tourism and job creation."
The Takla Landing port facility was one of Transport Canadas regional/local
ports sites, which range from large
facilities that support significant local and regional commercial activity to
very small facilities with little or no commercial traffic.
Funding for this project was provided for in the February 2000 budget and is
therefore built into the existing financial framework.
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