Winnipeg, MB - Building on his commitment to prioritize and improve the delivery of transportation infrastructure projects in Winnipeg through the BuildWinnipeg Partnership (BWP), Mayor Brian Bowman today announced members of the BuildWinnipeg Partnership Taskforce.
Comprised of a team of experienced local leaders in infrastructure planning and community investment, the Taskforce will report back with recommendations on the framework and mandate for the BWP in 2016, to ensure long-term prioritization of Winnipeg’s growing transportation infrastructure, public transit, and active transportation investments prioritized through the BWP, are included in the 2017 budget process. Members include:
- Annitta Stenning – Volunteer Chair of the BuildWinnipeg Partnership Taskforce
- David Asper
- Harry Finnigan
- Edward Kennedy
- Linda McFadyen
- Colleen Sklar
- Etoile Stewart
- Don Streuber
“The BuildWinnipeg Partnership will allow us to review and renew how the City prioritizes road, public transit and active transportation investments with our funding partners in the federal and provincial governments, so we can keep pace as a fast-growing and innovative City,” said Mayor Brian Bowman. “The framework developed by the Taskforce will be key to building a successful Partnership that will, in turn strengthen the City’s plans for the future as a growing, thriving, more modern city. I am confident that the members combined experience will positively shape the foundation of this important 10-year strategy plan.”
The BuildWinnipeg Partnership will align City departments involved in delivery of transportation infrastructure projects and propose a new model for intergovernmental collaboration on transportation infrastructure projects over the long-term and eliminate year-to-year short-term planning.
“The Taskforce is assembling the building blocks for the Build Winnipeg Partnership, which will play an important role in addressing the long-term vision, challenges, priorities, and implementation of infrastructure in Winnipeg,” Annitta Stenning, volunteer Chair of the BuildWinnipeg Partnership Taskforce, said. “I am proud to be a part of this important initiative, and I look forward to bringing my experience as former CAO of the City of Winnipeg to the table to work collaboratively with the Taskforce to reinforce and support a clear vision and plan to move our City and collective future forward.”
About Mayor Brian Bowman
Mayor Brian Bowman is dedicated to addressing the issues that are priorities for Winnipeggers. He is committed to building a City Hall that works: with an open and transparent City Hall, a growing, thriving more modern city that we are all proud to call home, and a city that receives its fair share through a funding model that works as we grow.