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The provincial, federal and industry spending is meant to address bottlenecks in road, rail and marine corridors around Port Saint John as a trade war with the United States continues.
Government, industry funds aim to move goods more efficiently through the port amid trade war
Savannah Awde · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 21, 2026 5:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago
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Premier Susan Holt said the province would contribute $116.5 million to the trade corridors around Port Saint John. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Governments and industry will spend up to $463 million to improve the trade corridors surrounding Port Saint John.
Representatives of the provincial and federal governments were in Saint John on Wednesday afternoon, alongside local business leaders, to announce the infrastructure spending.
Premier Susan Holt said the funding is aimed at getting more New Brunswick goods to the rest of Canada, and the world, faster.
“Canada has long benefited from our relationship with the U.S., but it was very clear that we needed to look elsewhere for growth, for New Brunswick and for our country,” Holt said.
“And the minute that we start looking abroad,
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