This award recognizes initiatives that demonstrate excellence in mitigating emissions from transportation that cause climate change, and/or in improving the resiliency of transportation systems in response to climate change.


Originally presented June 8, 2023

WINNER Project: Culvert Vulnerability Asset Management System Submitted by: British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, in partnership with McElhanney Ltd. Presenters: Doug Johnston and Clare Share Culverts of all sizes are vital to protecting road infrastructure in the face of severe rainfall. Following the unprecedented flooding of 2021, British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure developed a new Culvert Vulnerability Asset Management System to identify the most at risk culverts across the province. This web-based application uses information on infrastructure, physiography, climate change, hydrometrics, transportation patterns and environmental values to determine each culvert’s vulnerability rating based on projected flows, hydraulic capacity and consequence factors. The system allows the use of different climate change scenarios to project flows, as well as flexible socio-economic, environmental and public health and safety criteria to describe the consequences of culvert failure.

FINALISTS

Project: Solar Car Port and EV Charging Stations

Submitted by:  City of Leduc, Alberta

Presenters: Blair Martin and Nathan Schaper


Project: Excellence in Research and Innovation to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Road Sector

Submitted by: National Research Council Canada, Ontario

Presenters: Marianne Armstrong and Mohammad Shafie

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