The value of public infrastructure assets in Manitoba amounted to $10.2 billion in 2007. Overall, Manitoba had the second oldest public infrastructure in the country in 2007, exceeded only by Nova Scotia. This was mainly attributable to the fact that these two provinces, along with Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, are among those having the oldest stock of highways and roads in the country.
However, the average age of the five assets taken altogether was reduced substantially since the recent high of 18.7 in 2001. This recent reduction in age was driven by renewed investments in roads and highways and the discarding of older investments which lowered the average age to 17.7 years in 2007.