Supporting communities across Newfoundland and Labrador

ST. JOHN'S, NL, June 11, 2020 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is taking decisive action to support communities and stabilize the economy across Canada, while first and foremost ensuring that the health and safety of all Canadians are protected during this COVID-19 pandemic.  

Today, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna announced that Newfoundland and Labrador has received more than $31.5 million through the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) for the 2020–21 fiscal year to fund its most pressing infrastructure needs.

The GTF provides communities with stable and flexible funding for their infrastructure priorities across a wide range of categories. For example, Springdale upgraded its storm sewer system to manage runoff and prevent flooding. Children in Mount Pearl will benefit from 39 new pieces of playground equipment in 32 locations across the City, providing safe and inclusive spaces for families and children to play. Meanwhile, Clarke's Beach resident will benefit the addition of tourists visiting the new community park and garden overlooking the ocean along Conception Bay Highway.

By enabling communities to plan for their current and future needs, and build or improve the infrastructure that will help them thrive through any circumstance, the GTF is a critical tool that will help ensure that Newfoundland and Labrador remains among the best places in the world to live for generations to come.

The Government of Canada will be announcing new measures in the coming weeks and months to help Canadian communities get back on their feet and make them even more resilient in the future.  

Quotes

"Our Government is making immediate investments in infrastructure that will play a vital role in helping municipalities, Inuit Community Governments and First Nations communities revive their economies, and will improve the lives of Canadians. As a first step, we are accelerating this year's payment through the federal Gas Tax Fund. This will put more than $31.5 million in the hands of communities to improve local infrastructure like wastewater systems, playgrounds and tourism sites."

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

"We are ensuring all communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are supported during this time. Receiving the full amount of the Gas Tax Fund upfront this year for approved infrastructure projects will benefit residents of municipalities and Inuit Community Governments. These projects represent important investments in our communities to strengthen services and build infrastructure as we all learn to live with COVID-19 for the foreseeable future."

The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment

Quick Facts

• The federal Gas Tax Fund is a long-term indexed source of funding for over 3,600 communities across the country. In recent years it has supported thousands of projects annually.
• The federal Gas Tax Fund has 18 project eligibility categories, including capacity building, sport infrastructure and roads. Communities can use the funds immediately for priority projects, bank them for later use, pool the dollars with other communities for shared infrastructure projects, or use them to finance major infrastructure expenditures.

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Newfoundland and Labrador's 2020–21 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations

The Government of Canada is providing more than $31.5 million under the GTF to Newfoundland and Labrador. This includes over $21.7 million for the following 276 communities, and the remainder of the funds will go towards program administration.

Ultimate Recipient	2020–21 Allocation
Admirals Beach	$13,553
Anchor Point	$21,067
Appleton	$31,982
Aquaforte	$11,244
Arnold's Cove	$47,725
Avondale	$34,795
Badger	$37,439
Baie Verte	$63,005
Baine Harbour	$13,091
Bauline	$26,861
Bay Bulls	$70,855
Bay de Verde	$24,342
Bay L'Argent	$18,003
Bay Roberts	$260,269
Baytona	$18,884
Beachside	$13,427
Bellburns	$10,111
Belleoram	$23,586
Birchy Bay	$30,975
Bird Cove	$15,400
Bishop's Cove	$19,934
Bishop's Falls	$140,374
Bonavista	$152,632
Botwood	$128,578
Branch	$17,457
Brent's Cove	$14,476
Brighton	$15,778
Brigus	$38,237
Bryant's Cove	$24,468
Buchans	$34,837
Burgeo	$62,753
Burin	$105,069
Burlington	$21,067
Burnt Islands	$33,997
Campbellton	$26,861
Cape Broyle	$28,414
Cape St. George	$43,694
Carbonear	$211,824
Carmanville	$38,951
Cartwright	$25,811
Centreville-Wareham-Trinity	$56,037
Chance Cove	$18,632
Change Islands	$16,617
Channel-Port aux Basques	$178,618
Chapel Arm	$27,070
Charlottetown (Labrador)	$20,060
Clarenville	$271,981
Clarke's Beach	$73,290
Coachman's Cove	$12,293
Colinet	$11,244
Colliers	$35,340
Come By Chance	$17,457
Comfort Cove-Newstead	$24,971
Conception Bay South	$1,107,718
Conception Harbour	$36,642
Conche	$15,022
Cook's Harbour	$13,049
Cormack	$32,948
Corner Brook	$839,340
Cottlesville	$19,262
Cow Head	$25,853
Cox's Cove	$36,768
Crow Head	$15,316
Cupids	$39,077
Daniel's Harbour	$18,506
Deer Lake	$228,238
Dover	$35,676
Eastport	$28,918
Elliston	$20,815
Embree	$37,314
Englee	$30,009
English Harbour East	$13,721
Fermeuse	$21,529
Ferryland	$25,265
Flatrock	$78,538
Fleur de Lys	$18,129
Flower's Cove	$19,220
Fogo Island	$102,089
Forteau	$25,055
Fortune	$66,699
Fox Cove-Mortier	$20,270
Fox Harbour	$18,465
Frenchman's Cove	$14,980
Gallants	$9,985
Gambo	$90,922
Gander	$498,547
Garnish	$31,730
Gaskiers-Point La Haye	$17,625
Gaultois	$13,595
George's Brook-Milton	$40,126
Gillams	$25,097
Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook	$17,289
Glenwood	$40,546
Glovertown	$95,330
Goose Cove East	$15,190
Grand Bank	$104,859
Grand Falls-Windsor	$602,783
Grand le Pierre	$17,751
Greenspond	$19,052
Hampden	$25,895
Hant's Harbour	$21,697
Happy Adventure	$16,282
Happy Valley-Goose Bay	$348,301
Harbour Breton	$76,481
Harbour Grace	$133,615
Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview	$52,678
Hare Bay	$48,564
Hawke's Bay	$21,109
Heart's Content	$22,159
Heart's Delight-Islington	$36,180
Heart's Desire	$16,827
Hermitage-Sandyville	$25,601
Holyrood	$111,282
Hopedale	$31,982
Howley	$16,491
Hughes Brook	$18,590
Humber Arm South	$75,011
Indian Bay	$15,232
Irishtown-Summerside	$67,413
Isle aux Morts	$35,760
Jackson's Arm	$19,808
Keels	$10,027
King's Cove	$11,664
King's Point	$35,550
Kippens	$92,181
Labrador City	$310,981
Lamaline	$19,094
L'Anse au Clair	$16,953
L'Anse au Loup	$31,310
Lark Harbour	$29,799
LaScie	$44,492
Lawn	$34,081
Leading Tickles	$20,144
Lewin's Cove	$30,723
Lewisporte	$150,995
Little Bay	$12,293
Little Bay East	$13,217
Little Bay Islands	$10,866
Little Burnt Bay	$19,682
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove	$101,123
Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights	$18,381
Lord's Cove	$14,686
Lourdes	$27,406
Lumsden	$28,918
Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North	$14,938
Main Brook	$18,087
Makkovik	$23,712
Mary's Harbour	$22,201
Marystown	$231,051
Massey Drive	$76,397
McIvers	$30,471
Meadows	$34,165
Middle Arm	$27,784
Miles Cove	$12,251
Millertown	$11,286
Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir	$39,329
Ming's Bight	$21,277
Morrisville	$12,126
Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherine's	$22,537
Mount Moriah	$39,203
Mount Pearl	$978,462
Musgrave Harbour	$49,446
Musgravetown	$31,562
Nain	$55,113
New Perlican	$15,694
New-Wes-Valley	$99,066
Nippers Harbour	$11,454
Norman's Cove-Long Cove	$35,844
Norris Arm	$38,825
Norris Point	$36,012
North River	$31,814
North West River	$30,849
Northern Arm	$25,769
Old Perlican	$34,459
Pacquet	$14,770
Paradise	$905,795
Parkers Cove	$18,297
Parson's Pond	$22,369
Pasadena	$159,853
Peterview	$42,645
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove	$48,186
Pilley's Island	$20,228
Pinware	$11,580
Placentia	$154,647
Point au Gaul	$11,580
Point Lance	$12,168
Point Leamington	$32,696
Point May	$17,583
Point of Bay	$14,350
Pool's Cove	$15,988
Port Anson	$13,343
Port au Choix	$41,008
Port au Port East	$32,192
Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove	$26,735
Port Blandford	$33,116
Port Hope Simpson	$25,181
Port Kirwan	$10,069
Port Rexton	$22,159
Port Saunders	$36,180
Portugal Cove South	$14,183
Portugal Cove-St. Phillip's	$349,896
Postville	$15,316
Pouch Cove	$94,742
Raleigh	$15,316
Ramea	$26,651
Red Bay	$14,980
Red Harbour	$15,820
Reidville	$29,253
Rencontre East	$13,721
Renews-Cappahayden	$20,522
Rigolet	$20,689
River of Ponds	$16,911
Riverhead	$15,652
Robert's Arm	$41,679
Rocky Harbour	$47,641
Roddickton - Bide Arm	$49,824
Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou	$24,426
Rushoon	$18,171
Salmon Cove	$36,432
Salvage	$13,091
Sandringham	$17,499
Sandy Cove	$13,007
Seal Cove, F.B	$18,045
Seal Cove, W.B	$20,605
Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove	$24,132
South Brook	$28,120
South River	$35,047
Southern Harbour	$24,468
Spaniard's Bay	$119,258
Springdale	$132,608
St. Alban's	$57,674
St. Anthony	$102,676
St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine	$26,063
St. Brendan's	$13,973
St. Bride's	$18,465
St. George's	$58,387
St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove	$32,570
St. John's	$4,577,822
St. Joseph's	$12,713
St. Lawrence	$57,926
St. Lewis	$16,030
St. Lunaire-Griquet	$33,241
St. Mary's	$22,453
St. Pauls	$17,877
St. Shott's	$10,656
St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River	$21,025
Steady Brook	$26,525
Stephenville	$285,919
Stephenville Crossing	$80,049
Summerford	$45,919
Sunnyside (T.B.)	$24,510
Terra Nova	$10,950
Terrenceville	$28,120
Tilt Cove	$8,095
Torbay	$339,485
Traytown	$19,094
Trepassey	$28,078
Trinity	$14,980
Trinity Bay North	$84,247
Triton	$49,152
Trout River	$31,058
Twillingate	$100,074
Upper Island Cove	$73,416
Victoria	$83,449
Wabana	$97,975
Wabush	$87,899
West St. Modeste	$12,545
Westport	$16,072
Whitbourne	$45,248
Whiteway	$23,544
Winterland	$24,258
Winterton	$26,777
Witless Bay	$75,851
Woodstock	$15,862
Woody Point	$19,724
York Harbour	$22,327

Associated links

Prime Minister announces support to help communities create jobs and restart the economy: https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/06/01/prime-minister-announces-support-help-communities-create-jobs-and 

Government of Canada Resources - Coronavirus disease (COVID 19): www.canada.ca/coronavirus

Federal Gas Tax Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html

Federal Gas Tax Fund in Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/mae/for/gta/

Federal infrastructure investments in Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/investments-2002-investissements/nl-eng.html

Twitter: @INFC_eng
Web: Infrastructure Canada

SOURCE Infrastructure Canada

Chantalle Aubertin, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-949-1759, [email protected]; Lynn Robinson, Media Relations, Municipal Affairs and Environment, 709-691-9466, [email protected]; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, [email protected]

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