Ottawa will invest a up to $20.9 million in five shortsea shipping and two road projects in the Metro Vancouver.
Shortsea shipping involves the marine movement of cargo on rivers, along coastlines and within lakes.
The cash infusion comes from the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative Transportation Infrastructure Fund.
It also represents a potential $43.5 million joint investment when combined with funding from private sector transportation service providers and municipalities in the region, according to the Conservative government.
"These projects will enhance transportation infrastructure safety and efficiency related to the movement of international trade through Canada's Asia-Pacific Gateway and improve traffic flow in the Lower Mainland," said Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP James Moore, who is secretary of state for the Asia-Pacific Gateway.
He said that the projects will establish a network of complementary shortsea shipping services in the Lower Mainland that will improve the integrated and efficient movement of international trade.