Climate Killers

Shortlisted Contractors for the Highway One expansion portion of the Gateway Program are found below.  They will be responsible for building the expansion and operating the toll bridges. Contact them and ask them to withdraw from the process.

Connect BC Development Group

  • Transtoll Inc.

45 Brandl Street, Eight Mile Plains, 4113, Qld, Australia

For US enquiries:

Fax:       +1 302 397 2376

For Australian and Asia Pacific enquiries :
Fax:       +61 7 3340 6190

  • The Macquarie Group (comprising Macquarie Bank Limited, Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners)

    No 1 Martin Place
    Sydney NSW 2000

    Canadian Pacific Tower, TD Centre
    100 Wellington Street West
    Toronto, Ontario M5K 1J3, Canada
    Tel: (1 416) 607 5000
    Fax: (1 416) 594 0020


    Macquarie Financial Ltd.
    10th Flr. - 20 Toronto St.,
    Toronto ON, M5C 2B8

    Tel: (1 416) 861 1315
    Fax: (1 416) 861 8484


    Suite 2664, Bentall Centre
    1055 Dunsmuir Street
    PO Box 49183
    Vancouver, BC V7X 1K8, Canada
    Tel: (1 604) 605 3944
    Fax: (1 604) 605 1634

  • Flatiron Construction Corp.

Corporate Headquarters
P.O. Box 2239
Longmont, CO 80502
10090 I-25 Frontage Road
Longmont, Colorado 80504
Phone: 303-485-4050
Fax: 303-485-3922

Canada Office
Suite 160, 3011 Viking Way
Richmond, British Columbia, V6V 1W1
Phone: 604-244-7343
Fax : 604-244-7340

  • Kiewit Corporation


Kiewit Corporation
3555 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68131
(402) 342-2052

Marketing Information: marketing@kiewit.com 

Peter Kiewit Sons Co.
10651 Shellbridge Way #120
Richmond, BC V6X 2W8
(604) 278-3331
(604) 278-5729 fax

Sample Letter:

I am writing to ask that you cancel your participation in the Metro Vancouver (Canada) “Gateway Program” as it is currently planned. Instead you should negotiate with the public and provincial government to create a new program that is environmentally sustainable and financial viable. Highway expansion does not fit these criteria.

Here are a few reasons to withdraw from the Gateway Program:

1. Reduced revenues as a result of carbon reduction programs.

Programs like BC's carbon tax are designed to encourage people to drive less. Fewer vehicle trips means less revenues for the private partner.

2. Reduced revenues as a result of peak oil.

We are already seeing people reducing their vehicle trips as a result of recent spikes in gasoline prices. As the price of a finite resources increases we will see further reductions in potential revenues.

3. Increased costs.

Rising oil prices also means increased costs for pavement – a basic component of highway construction.

4. Public Opinion.

There is widespread opposition to the Gateway Program in BC and participation in that program could be a public relations nightmare.

5. Protests.

Two recent highway expansion projects (Sea to Sky and Bear Mountain) were delayed for months by protests.

6. Financing.

The current situation in the global financial markets makes financing the project extremely difficult.

7. It is the right thing to do.

The Gateway Program will increase emissions from the sector that is already the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions in this region. It will also increase pollution that is responsible for health problems. Climate change has been called the greatest moral issue that our generation faces.
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