Communities across Canada receive support for infrastructure planning, green innovation, and climate change resiliency initiatives

OTTAWA, Aug. 7, 2018 /CNW/ - Investing in innovative municipal infrastructure projects contributes to a clean growth economy and strengthens the middle class by ensuring communities are healthy and sustainable places to live.

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Vicki-May Hamm, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced over $12.1 million in funding for 159 new initiatives in communities across Canada through three programs: the Green Municipal Fund (GMF), the Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP), and the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP).

The Government of Canada believes that local leaders know best what their communities need and is committed to working with them to strengthen their infrastructure. Municipalities are implementing some of Canada's most advanced green solutions, reducing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions and supporting local priorities such as improving public transit, saving energy and improving waste management.

The projects announced today demonstrate the work being done in municipalities large and small. Examples include:

• The City of Beaconsfield, Quebec is using a grant from GMF to study ways to reduce organic waste disposal through smart collecting and incentive-based pricing. The objective is to reduce the amount of organic waste within the waste stream by 50 per cent. The results of this initiative will provide great insight for other municipalities considering a similar program.
• The North Coast Regional District, in collaboration with 31 local governments in British Columbia along the route from Kamloops to Haida Gwaii, are working together to study the feasibility of developing an electric vehicle network of fast charging stations. With funding through MCIP, the study will consider the integration of solar panel canopies, allowing residents and visitors to drive cars powered by sunshine.
• The Town of Iroquois Falls, Ontario is using funding from MAMP to implement innovative mobile sensing technology to gather information on road conditions that will enable them to make more efficient assessments and informed investment decisions on their roadway infrastructure.

Quotes

"The Government of Canada is committed to investing in local infrastructure to support municipalities as they plan, build and maintain their infrastructure more strategically. Our investments in green infrastructure will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, contribute to a clean growth economy and strengthen the middle class, helping us plan and build the infrastructure of the 21th century. "

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

"We are proud to support the great work being done in municipalities to make Canada a cleaner and healthier place for everyone. A clean energy future starts at the local level, and we are committed to working closely with communities of all sizes to cut pollution, take action on climate change and improve the quality of life for all Canadians."

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources

"Whether big or small, urban or rural, municipalities are responsible for more than half of Canada's public infrastructure—critical assets that support our economy and quality of life. Building resilient, sustainable, and livable communities will define our future. Leveraging today's announcement through FCM's programs will drive local solutions to Canada's national challenges."

Vicki-May Hamm, FCM President

Quick facts

• The Green Municipal Fund (GMF) supports initiatives that advance innovative solutions to environmental challenges. These projects improve air, water and land quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and generate economic and social benefits to local communities. Through GMF, municipalities share lessons learned and successful new models for advancing sustainability in communities of all sizes in all regions across Canada. GMF is a $625 million program, delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada.
• The Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP) helps municipalities and partner organizations by providing funding, training and information sharing. It is designed to encourage Canadian municipalities to better prepare for and adapt to the new realities of climate change as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions. MCIP is a five-year $75-million program, delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada.
• The Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) is designed to help Canadian municipalities strengthen infrastructure investment decisions based on sound asset management practices. The program provides asset management training, funding and information sharing to enable municipalities to access the data needed to plan effectively. MAMP is a five-year, $50-million program, delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada.

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Communities across Canada receive support for infrastructure planning, green innovation, and climate change resiliency initiatives

The following 159 initiatives have been approved for funding through three infrastructure programs funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities: the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP), the Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP) and the Green Municipal Fund (GMF). Funding for these new initiatives amounts to $12,114,008.

Approved projects under MAMP:

Lead applicant, Municipality and Province	Project title	Approved funding amount $
Saddle Hills County, Alberta	Active asset management plan assessment and development	50,000
Jasper, Alberta	Asset management strategy: aquifer assessment, geographic information system asset inventory, and asset management system development	40,000
Redcliff, Alberta	Asset management program project	50,000
Redwater, Alberta	Condition analysis, failure analysis and rehabilitation prioritization of sanitary collection system	50,000
Bighorn No. 8, Alberta	Road condition assessment and ten-year capital plan	31,120
Athabasca, Alberta	Charting a course and improving asset management	43,808
Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta	Road condition assessment project	50,000
Spring Lake, Alberta	Road and buildings assessment with 10-year capital plan	35,600
Coquitlam, British Columbia	Asset management dashboard project	50,000
Logan Lake, British Columbia	2018 improvement to asset data catalogue	40,240
Princeton, British Columbia	Initial asset management planning	48,640
Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia	Phase 1 asset management data collection	50,000
Oliver, British Columbia	Update and renewal of water and sanitary asset management lands	50,000
Telkwa, British Columbia	Water and sewer asset management system strategy	50,000
Trail, British Columbia	Asset management strategy	50,000
Bathurst, New Brunswick	Asset management improvement 2017-2018	50,000
Kedgwick, New Brunswick	Asset management plan	40,000
Alma, New Brunswick	Capital asset management plan	50,000
Quispamsis, New Brunswick	Development of a comprehensive asset management plan	50,000
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick	Further development of asset management program	50,000
Colchester, Nova Scotia	Asset management training and data collection	44,080
Dawson, Ontario	Asset management planning 2018	17,600
Lake of the Woods, Ontario	Asset management planning 2018	17,600
Arnprior, Ontario	Asset management software implementation and policy development	41,224
Middlesex Centre, Ontario	Asset management plan 2018	50,000
Hanover, Ontario	Mobile sensing roads assessment and sanitary main camera inspection	50,000
Red Rock, Ontario	Asset management capacity building	50,000
Warwick, Ontario	Strategic asset management policy	50,000
Wellington, Ontario	Advancing asset management of roads	50,000
Laurentian Valley, Ontario	Phase 1 - Asset management roadmap	50,000
Russell, Ontario	Asset management policy and data development	47,360
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Ontario	Asset management roadmap initiative	50,000
Admaston/Bromley, Ontario	Mobile sensing road and sidewalk assessment with geographic information system based software analytics platform	38,704
Mississippi Mills, Ontario	Strategic asset management policy	12,240
Pickering, Ontario	Building governance and data maturity in Pickering's asset management program	50,000
Port Hope, Ontario	Mobile sensing roads assessment and geographic information system based software analytics platform	50,000
Manitouwadge, Ontario	Asset management program building	50,000
Huntsville, Ontario	Asset management program development	50,000
Aylmer, Ontario	Asset management planning and software implementation	50,000
Greenstone, Ontario	Asset management program development	50,000
Perth East, Ontario	Asset management planning & implementation project	35,040
Wellington North, Ontario	Asset management roadmap	50,000
McNab/Braeside, Ontario	Mobile sensing roads assessment and geographic information system based software analytics platform	23,840
Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario	Mobile sensing road and sidewalk assessment and geographic information system based software analytics platform	32,760
Lanark Highlands, Ontario	Asset management program and capacity building	50,000
Greater Sudbury, Ontario	Building condition assessments and designated substance surveys of City fire halls	50,000
Gore Bay, Ontario	Asset management plan update/training	32,000
Malahide, Ontario	Updated asset management plan	50,000
Whitewater Region, Ontario	Core infrastructure asset data collection & asset management plan policy	34,880
Fort Erie, Ontario	Asphalt condition study 2018	44,000
Kincardine, Ontario	Condition assessments and replacement cost estimates	50,000
Hamilton, Ontario	Building an asset management program	50,000
Wainfleet, Ontario	Operationalizing asset management planning	50,000
Owen Sound, Ontario	Defining life cycle investments and service measures for core assets	50,000
Dorion, Ontario	Asset management program development	50,000
Woodstock, Ontario	Mobile sensing roads assessment and geographic information system based software analytics platform	49,320
Petawawa, Ontario	Completion of strategic asset management policy and condition assessment	49,280
Iroquois Falls, Ontario	Mobile sensing roads assessment and geographic information system based software analytics platform	39,992
London, Ontario	Corporate asset management plan and policy update	50,000
Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario	Asset management development	49,640
Bonfield, Ontario	Asset management program and systems development	50,000
Stratford, PEI	Completing the financial asset inventory	40,560
Cornwall, PEI	Advancement of infrastructure asset management planning	50,000
Repentigny, Québec	Real estate asset maintenance plan	50,000
Moosomin, Saskatchewan	asset management initiative	48,000
Aberdeen, Saskatchewan	Asset management plan	50,000
Rural Municipality of Buckland No. 491, Saskatchewan	Asset management program creation	50,000
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan	Water and wastewater asset activity and geographic information system, inventory tool development	33,040
Earl Grey, Saskatchewan	Asset management strategy	21,600
Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494, Saskatchewan	Development of asset management plans	24,000

                       

Approved projects under MCIP:

Lead applicant, Municipality and Province	Project title	Approved funding amount $
Lethbridge, Alberta	Feasibility study on municipal facility energy conservation measures and upgrades	125,000
Edmonton, Alberta	Eco roof and climate change resiliency initiative	97,640
Banff, Alberta	Renewable energy transition plan	125,000
Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, British Columbia	Sewerage and drainage climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment	125,000
Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia	Thornhill landfill greenhouse gas reduction feasibility study	125,000
Community Energy Association and the North Coast Regional District, British Columbia	Highway 16 electric vehicle charging network collaboration	125,000
Victoria, British Columbia	Victoria City Hall energy assessment and net zero roadmap	40,000
Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia	Skeena and Lower Kalum River channel management program phase II	124,800
Evergreen and Vancouver, British Columbia	Climate risks: engaging vulnerable populations	86,800
Summerland, British Columbia	Comprehensive climate action planning project	125,000
Prince George, British Columbia	Climate change mitigation plan update	125,000
North Cowichan, British Columbia	Update of climate action and energy plan modeling and implementation plan	78,800
Ucluelet, British Columbia	2018 climate action program plan	26,000
Kamloops, British Columbia	GHG community action strategy	125,000
Quatsino First Nation and Mount Waddington, British Columbia	Community energy plan	46,400
Tofino, British Columbia	Multi-modal transportation plan	120,000
New Westminster, British Columbia	22nd Street Station transit oriented master plan (22nd Street Plan)	125,000
Saanich, British Columbia	Climate plan: 100% renewable Saanich	125,000
Golden, British Columbia	Master drainage plan update and climate adaptation strategy	68,000
Langley, British Columbia	Climate change adaptation plan	119,200
Coquitlam, British Columbia	Climate adaptation strategic plan	120,000
Norfolk Treherne, Manitoba	The Boyne Valley water initiative: natural infrastructure and the Treherne Dam feasibility study	80,000
Red River Basin Commission and Winnipeg, Manitoba	Red River dredging and marsh restoration feasibility study	125,000
Brandon and Area Planning District, Manitoba	Natural asset sub-catchment approach to surface water management	125,000
Dauphin, Manitoba	Community energy plan	125,000
Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region and Headingley, Manitoba	Westport regional transit service and hub feasibility study and plan	125,000
Hanover, Manitoba	Seine Rat River Conservation District flood and drought adaptation plan	80,000
Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities (CDEM) Lorne, Manitoba	Climate change local action plans 3 - Manitoba	125,000
Russell-Binscarth, Manitoba	Gamblers First Nation/Russell-Binscarth climate change local action plan & community energy plan	90,200
Winnipeg, Manitoba	Red River Basin LiDAR survey - North Basin	125,000
Morris, Manitoba	Red River Basin LiDAR survey - South Basin	125,000
Virden, Manitoba	Virden - Wallace-Woodworth green infrastructure and flood adaptation plan	80,000
Saint John, New Brunswick	GHG emission reduction study for municipal buildings and facilities	125,000
Fredericton, New Brunswick	GHG reduction in Fredericton through enhanced active transportation corridors and modal shift	125,000
Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc. and the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission, New Brunswick	A regional climate change adaptation plan for southwestern New Brunswick	92,000
Saint John, New Brunswick	Climate change vulnerability assessment methodology	125,000
Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick and the Village of Atholville, New Brunswick	Climate change action project II	125,000
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia	Functional planning study: Bedford highway strategic corridor	125,000
Bicycle Nova Scotia and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia	Glace Bay Area active transportation corridor feasibility study	64,000
Bicycle Nova Scotia and Chester, Nova Scotia	Blue Route hub bikeway feasibility study (Phase 1)	83,120
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia	Community-scale climate mitigation development and financing mechanisms study	125,000
Windsor, Ontario	Flood risk study for Riverside, East Riverside, and Lake St. Clair	125,000
ConverGen and Greater Sudbury (Division), Ontario	Developing a cleantech business at Greater Sudbury Utilities	83,700
Credit Valley Conservation Authority and the Region of Peel, Ontario	Business case for natural assets in the Region of Peel: benefits to municipalities and local communities	125,000
Guelph, Ontario	Fleet fuels transition and car sharing	125,000
Kitchener, Ontario	Waterloo Region bikeshare expansion study	80,000
Collingwood, Ontario	Urban forest management plan	96,000
Region of Peel, Ontario	Strategy for energy security and initiatives at the region's wastewater treatment plants	125,000
Vaughan, Ontario	Accelerating energy retrofits – building the policy and business case for local improvement charges in the  Vaughan and York Region	65,700
Richmond Hill, Ontario	Sustainability metrics monitoring and incentives project	50,000
Windsor, Ontario	Integrated site energy plans for two wastewater treatment plants	125,000
Windsor, Ontario	Deep energy efficiency retrofit strategy	125,000
Aurora, Ontario	Community energy plan	81,900
Thunder Bay, Ontario	Community energy and GHG emission reduction plan	125,000
Huron-Kinloss, Ontario	Community climate change action plan	72,000
North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation and Tiny, Ontario	Sustainable Severn Sound's local climate change action plan	89,700
Corporation of Loyalist Township, Ontario	Developing a community energy plan	64,000
Mulmur, Ontario	Community energy planning	125,000
Windsor, Ontario	Undertaking an active transportation master plan study	125,000
Milton, Ontario	Develop Milton green innovation plan	125,000
Mississauga, Ontario	Climate change action plan	125,000
Cambridge, Ontario	Climate change adaptation plan	79,900
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Region of Peel, Ontario	Neighbourhood-based vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan – County Court, Brampton	76,000
Waterloo, Ontario	Corporate climate adaptation plan	85,280
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	City Works Garage climate change mitigation feasibility study	24,240
Saint-Raymond, Québec	Energy efficiency study	119,600
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec	Conversion to forest biomass project feasibility study	101,760
Celsius Mtl and Montréal-Borough of Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, Québec	Locomotion: vehicle sharing program	125,000
Association Sportive et Loisir de Hope Town, Québec	Hope Town community resource centre	63,840
Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Québec	Active transportation infrastructure study	14,000
Enviro-Acces inc. and Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec	Inventory and action plan to reduce GHG emissions through a web communication tool	80,000
ÉcoMalartic and Malartic, Québec	Active travel plan	54,960
Conseil régional de l'environnement et du développement durable de l'Outaouais and the Régie intermunicipale de transport des collines, Québec	Strategic plan to optimize the supply of public transit in rural and semi-rural areas in the Outaouais	21,500
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Natural capital asset valuation	125,000
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Corporate adaptation strategy	125,000

Approved projects under GMF:

Lead applicant, Municipality and Province	Project title	Approved funding amount $
Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia	Mixed waste materials recovery - feasibility analysis and impact assessment	133,200
Waterfront Toronto and Toronto, Ontario	Port lands pilot test program for Don River renaturalization and land redevelopment	350,000
Guelph, Ontario	Environmental works for fuel storage tank decommissioning	150,700
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ontario	Thunder Bay Art Gallery waterfront relocation project	95,800
Orangeville, Ontario	Sustainable neighbourhood action plan	46,400
Welland, Ontario	Phase II ESA and risk assessment for the  Welland Fire Hall and Emergency Services Training Centre	104,500
Pelee Island Co-operative and Pelee, Ontario	Site assessment and remedial planning - Pelee Island Co-operative property	46,100
Orillia, Ontario	Environmental due diligence, City-owned waterfront property	63,500
Union québécoise de réhabilitation des oiseaux de proie and Les Maskoutains, Québec	Feasibility study for a zero-energy, zero-carbon birds of prey interpretation centre	175,000
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Québec	Sustainable development action plan	25,500
Beaconsfield, Québec	Quantifying the organic matter diversion resulting from domestic composting and a study of potential organic matter collection scenarios in a context of incentive-based pricing	38,500
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Corridor growth brownfield renewal strategy	46,400
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Organics feasibility study	144,600
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Corridor growth - brownfield renewal - field investigation	56,600

Source: FCM

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Investing in Canada: Canada's Long-Term Infrastructure Plan (PDF Version)
Investing in Canada plan project map 
Green Municipal Fund 
Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program 
Municipal Asset Management Program 
FCM Funding

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