P.E.I. infrastructure aging faster than most of Canada's
Only Nova Scotia has less life remaining in its infrastructure
P.E.I. is falling behind the rest of the country in restoring its infrastructure, according to a report released Monday by Statistics Canada.
The report measures the remaining useful service life ratio of non-residential infrastructure. The ratio compares how much service life infrastructure has left, compared to its expected life when it was built. The higher the ratio, the more life it has left.
This most recent report looks at the infrastructure as of 2014. P.E.I. scores a 59.1, compared to a Canadian average of 66. The Island's rating slipped slightly since 2010, while the Canadian average was improving.
Only Nova Scotia's infrastructure had an older rating, at 58.2
| 2010 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 64.1 | 66 |
| P.E.I. | 60 | 59.1 |
Highways, office buildings show deficits, hospitals improving
The report found older infrastructure on the Island in both public and private sectors.
Office buildings and shopping centres were both aging at a rate faster than the national average. Office buildings were approaching being halfway through their useful service life, with a rating of 53.5 in 2014, compared to 56.5 nationally.
Highways, roads and streets were also an issue, with the rating showing they were on average more than halfway through their useful life in 2014, with a rating of just 49.3. Nationally the rate was 65.9.
Hospitals and health centres were a bright spot in the report, with a rating of 69.2. That's below the national rating of 70.4, but the P.E.I. ratio is up 3.3 points since 2010, while the national ratio fell 0.6.
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