KAMLOOPS TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING ASSESSMENT Davies Transportation Consulting Inc. Licker Geospatial Consulting Co. Kamloops Transportation and Warehousing Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................... 7 1. CATCHMENT AREAS FOR LOGISTICS SERVICES ...................................................... 12 1.1 Location and Population ........................................................................................................................................ 12 1.2 Consumer and Industrial Catchment Areas...................................................................................................... 13 1.3 Consumer Goods Catchment Area ..................................................................................................................... 13 1.4 Industrial Goods Catchment Area ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.5 Agriculture ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 2 LABOUR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT .......................................................................... 21 3 RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC ....................................................................... 23 3.1 Rail Regulation ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 3.2 CP ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 3.3 CN ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 3.4 Railway Operations in the Kamloops Region ................................................................................................... 26 3.5 CN Operations in the Okanagan .......................................................................................................................... 27 3.6 Rail Shippers ............................................................................................................................................................. 28 4 TRANSLOAD AND OTHER RAIL FACILITIES................................................................ 30 4.1 Arrow Reload Systems Inc. ................................................................................................................................... 30 4.2 Tolko Industries Ltd Reload Kamloops ............................................................................................................. 31 P a g e | 2 4.3 Cando Rail ................................................................................................................................................................. 31 4.4 North Thompson Rail Terminal ............................................................................................................................ 31 4.5 Railway Support Services ..................................................................................................................................... 31 5 HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC .............................................................. 32 5.1 Highway Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................... 32 5.2 Heavy Truck Traffic ................................................................................................................................................. 33 6 TRUCKING INDUSTRY .................................................................................................... 36 6.1 Classification of Trucking Services .................................................................................................................... 37 6.2 Kamloops Less Than Truckload (LTL) Carriers ............................................................................................... 37 6.3 Truckload Carriers ................................................................................................................................................... 40 6.4 Owner-Operators ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 6.5 Other Specialized Services ................................................................................................................................... 43 7 WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES ......................................................... 44 7.1 Large Scale Distribution Centres ........................................................................................................................ 44 7.2 Other Consumer Goods Distribution and Warehousing ............................................................................... 45 7.3 Industrial Distribution Centres ............................................................................................................................. 45 7.4 Petroleum Products ................................................................................................................................................ 45 8 KAMLOOPS AIRPORT .................................................................................................... 46 9 KAMLOOPS INDUSTRIAL LAND MARKET ................................................................... 48 9.1 City of Kamloops Current Zoning ........................................................................................................................ 48 P a g e | 3 9.2 City of Kamloops Official Community Plan (KAMPLAN) ............................................................................... 51 9.3 Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Lands ........................................................................................................................ 52 9.4 Industrial Land Demand ......................................................................................................................................... 53 9.5 Land Prices................................................................................................................................................................ 54 9.6 Kamloops Property Taxes ..................................................................................................................................... 55 10 NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SWOT ANALYSIS ......................................................... 56 10.1 Key Success Factors .............................................................................................................................................. 56 10.2 SWOT Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................... 57 11 TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES .................................. 60 11.1 Warehouses and Distribution Centres ............................................................................................................... 60 11.2 Rail ............................................................................................................................................................................... 63 11.3 Trucking ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66 12 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 67 13 APPENDIX A FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION BACKGROUND ................................... 68 14 APPENDIX B OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT FOR AN INLAND INTERMODAL CONTAINER FACILITY IN KAMLOOPS ................................................................................ 71 P a g e | 4 Table of Figures Figure 1-1 Kamloops Region Population Centres ................................................................................................... 12 Figure 1-2 Consumer and Industrial Logistics Services .......................................................................................... 13 Figure 1-3 Kamloops Consumer Goods Catchment Area ....................................................................................... 14 Figure 1-4 Kamloops Area Mines ............................................................................................................................ 15 Figure 1-5 Major Forest Products Mills in Kamloops ............................................................................................... 16 Figure 1-6 Major Forest Products Mills in the Kamloops Region 2020 ................................................................... 17 Figure 1-7 Thompson-Nicola Regional District Agricultural Land Use 2016 ........................................................... 19 Figure 1-8 Thompson-Nicola Regional District Farms 2016 ................................................................................... 19 Figure 1-9 Agricultural Land Reserve in the Kamloops Region .............................................................................. 20 Figure 2-1 Kamloops Transportation Employment by Sector 2016 .......................................................................