The Royal Canadian Navy celebrated the completion of the second phase of the $1.1 billion A/B Jetty Recapitalization Project, unveiling a modern and larger B-Jetty at CFB Esquimalt. The new jetty will accommodate larger ships coming to the RCN through the national shipbuilding strategy, including the recently launched HMCS Protecteur. The project also created 1,300 jobs and is a symbol of Canada's investment in its defence capabilities.
After years of construction, the Royal Canadian Navy celebrated the completion of the second phase of the $1.1 billion A/B Jetty Recapitalization Project, the fully functional B-Jetty that replaced the former, decades-old wooden wharf at CFB Esquimalt.
"It will eventually have a large crane on it. Every truck that we need that brings food or supplies down to the ship, can be brought down on this. We've got the space to lay equipment down to do testing of the complex systems that are going to be on our new ships and everything else," said navy commander Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, adding that the jetty will now offer normal infrastructure that would be at a"complex harbour" like CFB Esquimalt.
He explained that the B-Jetty was built during the Second World War and demolished in 2017 to make way for the improved jetty. The structure was built with over 20,000 square metres of concrete, 9.5 kilometres of steel pipes, and five tonnes of rebar. It created 1,300 jobs according to Schauerte. "It is not defence spending, it's defence investment. Investment for making sure that you, the Canadian Armed Forces, have the tools you need," said Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan."It also creates good quality jobs. For every dollar you spend on investment, sometimes it's two to three dollars that's spent in our economy."
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