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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909567-07-001639
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071228

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001406234
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTS (NO FURNITURE) [2400]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 REID STREET
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM11
		BUSINESS PHONE:		441 296-4480

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 REID STREET
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM11
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.<BR>
Canon&#146;s Court<BR>
22 Victoria Street<BR>
Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ms.&nbsp;Pamela A. Long<BR>
Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Re:</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;20-F<BR>
File No.&nbsp;001-33632</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Via Facsimile and EDGAR
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">December
28, 2007
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Long:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Rule&nbsp;12d1-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (the &#147;partnership&#148;) hereby respectfully requests
acceleration of effectiveness of its Registration Statement on Form 20-F, File No.&nbsp;001-33632 (the
&#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time, on January 2, 2008, or as soon
thereafter as practicable. The partnership requests acceleration of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement so that the spin-off of units in the partnership by Brookfield Asset
Management Inc. described in the Registration Statement may be effected as soon as practicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The partnership acknowledges that (1)&nbsp;the partnership is responsible for the adequacy and
accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; (2)&nbsp;staff comments or changes to disclosure in response
to staff comments do not foreclose the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
from taking any action with respect to the filing; and (3)&nbsp;the partnership may not assert staff
comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Sincerely,<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS&nbsp;L.P.,<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">by&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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its general&nbsp;partner&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">by&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James Keyes
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James Keyes&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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