The government of the Quebec decides to invest 1,5 billion dollars in the harbour and logistic field



From to the 2020 Quebec USA 1,2 billion dollars will invest 1,5 billion dollars here Canadian () in order to develop the marine and logistic activities and in order to stimulate the private investments in the field. It has announced last week the minister of Finances of the Quebec, Carlos Leit ão, introducing plan financial 2015-2016 and specifying that the new put into effect marine strategy from the executive will have the objective to over the coming years support the development of many communities of the Canadian State.

In particular, 200 million dollars will be invested in order to accelerate the investments in infrastructures of the commercial ports, 400 million will be destined to support the creation of logistics centers, 450 million in order to mainly attract private investments in the fields of the logistics and harbour infrastructures, 77 million in order to promote the development of marine tourism and 55,5 million dollars for measures in support of the Gaspésie peninsula and of other marine regions of the Quebec and for the reclamation of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Of 77 million dollars destined to the development of marine tourism, 55 million will be employed in order to contribute to the financing of two crocieristici projects in the ports of Montreal and Quebec City whose total costs pile to about 168 million dollars. In the port of Montreal the restructure of the passenger terminal and the Alexandra pier is previewed, participations to which the government has destined 20 million dollars in the arc of next the five years. Other 35 million dollars will be used in order to finance the project of restructure and widening of the terminal cruises Ross Gaudreault di Quebec City, that it includes the construction of according to passenger terminal.

The announcement of the investments in the crocieristico field is received with satisfaction from the Cruise the Saint Lawrence (CSL), the association that has the scope to promote the crocieristico tourism that has as destination the San Lorenzo river and the ports of Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Saguenay, Bays-Comeau, Sept-Îles, Havre Saint-Pierre, Gaspésie and Magdalen Islands. CSL previews that this year the ports of call of the region will receive beyond 275.000 crocieristi and 100,000 members of the crews of the ships, more of the double quantity of the number recorded in 2008. The association has evidenced that in order to satisfy the increase in existence of the crocieristico traffic the potenziamento of destined harbour infrastructures to the passengers is necessary and therefore has expressed satisfaction for the decision of the government to support the two projects to Montreal and Quebec City.