The road to electoral success is PAVED with lots of projects.

Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway

From Bruce Springsteen's Working on the Highway, Born in the USA 1984

It's an old adage in BC politics, that electoral success comes underneath a load of asphalt and if ever that adage is to be proven true, it would seem that the next year or so may be that time.

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is set to announce some 700 million dollars in infra structure money geared towards British Columbia's Gateway strategy, creating roads and port development around both Greater Vancouver and Prince Rupert's ports.

Some of that 700 million is of course a bit of recycling,  as a few of  the Prince Rupert initiatives were announced earlier in the year. The Northern Gateway to Asia a common theme for the Liberal government of late, which at times seems to make the port's southern cousins a little bit jealous.

As for the rest of the bounty of provincial money, details won't be shared today on who will be the lucky winners of provincial transportation funding, those announcements are to be staggered over the months to come.

Helpful for whistle stop visits whenever the government needs a little bump in the Good News cycle of the day.

Which considering the Liberals woes of late, could be an announcement a day right up to election day.


Global BC-- B. C. rolls out new $700 million road, rail plan
Global BC-- New funding set to be announced for Asia Pacific Gateway Project
Vancouver Sun-- B. C. rolls out new $700 million road, rail plan