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Small Ports of Entry: Challenges and Opportunities

Canada-US Transportation Border Working Group October 28 th , 2009. Small Ports of Entry: Challenges and Opportunities. Content. Purpose What is a small port of entry Some characteristics Challenges and opportunities What the future may hold. Purpose.

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Small Ports of Entry: Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. Canada-US Transportation Border Working Group October 28th, 2009 Small Ports of Entry: Challenges and Opportunities

  2. Content • Purpose • What is a small port of entry • Some characteristics • Challenges and opportunities • What the future may hold

  3. Purpose • Stimulate a discussion on issues related to small Ports of Entry at the land border

  4. What is a small port of entry • CBSA does not have a rigorous definition • We think of small ports of entry as those that have: • “Low” traffic, low processing capacity, and minimal resources deployed • “Lower” level of service: typically 16/7 or 9/7 operation for travellers only • There are small ports of entry in all modes of transportation with similar challenges

  5. Some Statistics: • 119 POEs at the CAN-US land border • 25 Designated Commercial Operations • 33 Travellers 24/7 ports of entry • 61 Small ports of entry • Processed 6.2M trucks in the highway mode • Processed 70.0M travellers in the highway mode

  6. Some Statistics:

  7. Some Statistics by Regions:

  8. Some characteristics of small POEs • Minimum resources and level of service • Often, but not always, isolated • Configured to serve travellers on secondary or tertiary highways • Low efficiency (unit cost of service is high) • Security risk varies: small ≠ low risk • The oldest infrastructure at the CAN-US border (Forest City – 78 years old) • Significant local importance and expectations • Consequences of failures to trade is minimal • Historical and geographical peculiarities (St Stephen, NB)

  9. Forrest City, NB (1931)

  10. Wild Horse, AB (1958)

  11. Snowflake, MB (1952)

  12. St. Stephen, NB

  13. Issues and Opportunities • Government of Canada: • What level of service should be provided to Canadians in general? • Costs - benefit • Balancing national and local objectives • Satisfying stakeholder expectations • Federal presence in isolated and rural communities

  14. Issues and Opportunities • CBSA: • Allocating resources across, and within all modes • Security versus facilitation • Costs versus benefits • Risks • Sustaining the infrastructure • Staffing isolated ports of entry • Joint/shared installations

  15. Issues and Opportunities • Stakeholders: • Sustaining small and rural communities • Socio-economic development expectations • Access to services • Access to employment

  16. What the future may hold • Technology improvements • Resource pressures will prevail • Improved coordination and focus with Provinces and State DOTs on future development priorities • Small port template design • Joint CAN-US installations

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