Recherche dans la collection - PORT WELLER OFFICE, (WESTERN REGION), WELLAND CANAL PROJECT [textual record]

BY 1964 INCREASED TRAFFIC ON THE WELLAND CANAL HAD CREATED ACUTE CONGESTION OF SHIPPING ON THIS SECTION OF THE SEAWAY. TO RELIEVE THIS CONGESTION, THE AUTHORITY SECURED THE SERVICES OF A FIRM OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES OF THESE DELAYS AND TO DEVELOP MEANS TO REDUCE THEM QUICKLY. THE PROGRAMME TO MODERNIZE THE CANAL AND INCREASE ITS TRAFFIC CAPACITY WAS KNOWN AS THE WELLAND CANAL PROJECT.
THIS ACCESSION CONSISTS OF FILES, BINDERS, AND REPORTS PERTAINING TO THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING INITIAL CONTACT AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CONSULTING FIRM AND ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY AUTHORITY PERSONNEL. THE FILES CONTAIN HANDWRITTEN NOTES TAKEN BY ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PERSONNEL AT VARIOUS MEETINGS AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE TO AND FROM THE PRESIDENT AS WELL AS DIRECTORS' OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE SLSA OF THE AUTHORITY.