Container capacity would rise by nearly 50 per cent at Canada’s largest port upon completion of RBT2
The Port of Vancouver is gearing up to build a $3.5-billion container terminal that it believes will be an economic and engineering marvel, while critics warn of environmental harm.the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s contentious plans for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2, or RBT2. Upon completion of RBT2, container capacity would rise by nearly 50 per cent at Canada’s largest port.
“It’s so important to have capacity in this gateway, to preserve affordability for Canadians for those goods that we depend on being brought to us from around the world,” Mr. Silvester said. “The fight to save the Fraser estuary and Roberts Bank from environmental degradation is by no means over,” Mr. Emsley said in an e-mail.
Environmental groups are slamming the federal government for giving the go-ahead to the project, including criticisms from the David Suzuki Foundation, Ecojustice, Georgia Strait Alliance, Wilderness Committee and Raincoast Conservation Foundation. He said the port authority has reached impact benefit agreements with 26 Indigenous groups consenting to the project, including the Musqueam Indian Band and Tsawwassen First Nation.
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