CLARENVILLE, NL, July 26, 2019 /CNW/ - Strategic investments in public infrastructure, including funding for water and wastewater infrastructure, improved roads and highways, and community and cultural centres, play a key role in ensuring Canadians and their families have access to modern, reliable infrastructure that meets their needs, while creating good jobs that help grow the middle class.
Churence Rogers, Member of Parliament for Bonavista–Burin–Trinity, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, today announced funding for 25 infrastructure projects in the region.
Residents will benefit from upgrades to municipal water, wastewater, and storm sewer systems, as well as improvements regional roads. These projects will provide Eastern Newfoundland residents with more reliable water and wastewater services, and will create safer, more efficient transportation routes for people and local businesses.
The Government of Canada is investing over $10.2 million to these projects through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan.
Quotes
"Investments in green infrastructure, roads, and highways supports reliable municipal services, a clean environment, and an improved quality of life for Newfoundland communities. We are proud to support projects that will allow our communities to grow and prosper for generations to come."
Churence Rogers, Member of Parliament for Bonavista–Burin–Trinity, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
"Ensuring that communities across Canada have modern infrastructure is essential to building a healthy, sustainable future. These investments are critical to ensuring communities in Newfoundland and Labrador can reach their full potential."
The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Rural and Economic Development
Quick facts
- Through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan, the Government of Canada is investing more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada's rural and northern communities.
- $26.9 billion of this funding is supporting green infrastructure projects, including $5 billion available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
- $25.3 billion of this funding is supporting social infrastructure in Canadian communities.
- More than $10.1 billion of this funding is supporting trade and transportation projects, including $5 billion available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
- $2 billion of this funding is supporting infrastructure projects that meet the unique needs of rural and northern communities like facilities to support food security, local access roads and enhanced broadband connectivity.
- The Rural Economic Development Strategy leverages ongoing federal investments and provides a vision for the future, identifying practical steps to take in the short term, and serving as a foundation to guide further work.
- These investments complement the Atlantic Growth Strategy, a federal-provincial action plan aimed at stimulating economic growth in the region through five priority areas:
- Skilled workforce/Immigration;
- Innovation;
- Clean growth and climate change;
- Trade and investment;
- Infrastructure.
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Backgrounder
Canada supports 25 infrastructure projects in Eastern Newfoundland
Federal funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan will support 25 projects in Eastern Newfoundland. The Government of Canada is investing more than $10.2 million for these projects through the plan. The province and municipalities are responsible for the remainder of the project costs.
Project Information:
Project Name |
Location |
Stream |
Federal Funding |
Pollux Crescent– Water and Sewer Upgrade |
St. Lawrence |
Green |
$283,539 |
Water Treatment and Chlorination Upgrades |
Baine Harbour |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$202,815 |
Marine Drive Bridge Replacement |
Old Perlican |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$201,165 |
Cavendish South Side Water System |
Local Service District of Cavendish |
Green |
$95,042 |
Caplin Cove Road Water main Upgrading |
Hants Harbour |
Green |
$104,553 |
Water Distribution System |
New-Wes-Valley |
Green |
$23,578 |
Waterlines Upgrades to the Pumping System and Storage Tank |
Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove |
Green |
$44,941 |
Upgrades to the water supply system on Highway 70 |
Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove |
Green |
$107,869 |
Widening of Shoal Hr. Driveane |
Clarenville |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$191,404 |
Big Pond Chlorination and Water System Improvements |
Burin |
Green |
$408,122 |
Connect water main to Newtown |
New-Wes-Valley |
Green |
$471,554 |
McGettigan Boulevard Upgrades |
Marystown |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$415,452 |
Newtown Water and Sewer |
Grand Le Pierre |
Green |
$91,722 |
Water Treatment System |
Parker's Cove |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$188,058 |
Station Road Water Storage |
Glovertown |
Green |
$718,281 |
Water and Sewer Capital Works 2018-2019 |
Salmon Cove |
Green |
$325,436 |
Confederation Arena Storm Sewer Upgrades |
Fortune |
Green |
$62,142 |
Lift Station Upgrades |
Centreville-Wareham-Trinity |
Green |
$66,142 |
Water System Improvements |
Local Service District of Petley |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$27,210 |
New Water System & Sewer System Expansion |
Traytown |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$816,012 |
New Chlorination Plant |
Bonavista |
Green |
$245,350 |
Southport Water System Improvements |
Caplin Cove - Southport |
Green |
$36,636 |
Water Line Upgrade - Main Road West-North |
Dover |
Green |
$122,951 |
Lift Station Upgrades Part 2 |
Centreville-Wareham-Trinity |
Green |
$66,142 |
Rural Road Rehabilitation - Eastern Region |
Eastern Newfoundland |
Rural and Northern Communities |
$4,968,000 |
Associated links
Investing in Canada: Canada's Long-Term Infrastructure Plan:
http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/icp-publication-pic-eng.html
Federal infrastructure investments in Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/investments-2002-investissements/nl-eng.html
Investing in Canada plan project map: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/gmap-gcarte/index-eng.html
Rural Opportunity, National Prosperity: An Economic Development Strategy for Rural Canada:
https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/rural/strat-eng.html
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SOURCE Infrastructure Canada
Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-697-3778, [email protected]; Emilie Simard, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Rural Economic Development, 613-996-4649, [email protected]; Media Relations, Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, Email: [email protected]
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