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Component

This paper provides a summary of the Government of Ontario (Canada) experience in implementing and managing a successful public-private partnership (PPP) for highway infrastructure. It examines the operational issues the government dealt with during the management of the Highway 407 partnership project, Canada’s first privately-owned, fully electronic toll highway located in southern Ontario. It begins with a brief history and some background information of the Highway 407 PPP project, followed by the Ontario government’s experience in the oversight and management of this project. The Public Sector perspective on the project is described, which includes reasons for the privatization, the benefits, and the government’s operational roles and responsibilities. This is followed by the Private Sector perspective, provided by the Concessionaire, 407 ETR Concession Company Limited. As specified in the Highway 407 sale agreement, an Independent Auditor is required, and this perspective is also presented. Following the various perspectives, the paper includes some of the ‘lessons learned’ at various operational phases of the Highway 407 project, and offers options and measures to improve future privatization agreements.

01042056

07-1512

English

11p

2007

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Automated toll collection; Infrastructure; Management; Privatization; Public private partnerships; Toll collection; Toll roads

Canada; Ontario (Province)

Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-1512

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2007 6:07PM