{"id":953110,"date":"2026-10-31T12:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953110\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:04:23","slug":"ottawa-lists-roberts-bank-port-expansion-in-b-c-as-project-of-national-interest-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953110\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DELTA \u2014 The Port of Vancouver\u2019s planned Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion is now officially a project of national interest.<\/p>\n<p>The listing recognizes the project\u2019s critical role in expanding and diversifying Canada\u2019s trade capacity and provides immediate regulatory certainty to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon says it will add much-needed capacity at the country\u2019s largest port.<\/p>\n<p>It also accelerates the project\u2019s timeline for commercial operations by up to four years, to 2035.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa says environmental safeguards will be maintained and Indigenous communities consulted.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is the proponent for the project, which Ottawa says is on track to reach a final investment decision by the middle of next year.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Ottawa as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ottawa.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793448263_770_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DELTA \u2014 The Port of Vancouver\u2019s planned Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion is now officially a project of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,47,20739],"class_list":["post-953110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-national","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}