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Manitoba infrastructure projects receive federal, provincial funding

Nov. 18, 2014, Oakbank, Man. – Six southeast Manitoba
communities are receiving funding from the New Building Canada Plan's federally
and provincially supported Small Communities Fund.

Nov. 18, 2014, Oakbank, Man. – Six southeast Manitoba
communities are receiving funding from the New Building Canada Plan's federally
and provincially supported Small Communities Fund.

The Small Communities Fund is part of the $10-billion
Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada
Fund, said a news release from the federal government. The fund will provide $1
billion to municipalities with fewer than 100,000 residents for priority public
infrastructure projects that deliver on local needs.

The six projects in the southeast region benefiting from the
funding are:

• Phase 1 of the Underground Water and Wastewater
  Infrastructure Renewal in the City of Steinbach
• Upgrade to the Drinking Water Infrastructure in the Rural
  Municipality of Ritchot
• Recycling Depots in the Rural Municipality of Piney
• Lagoon Expansion in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie
• Sewage Lift Station and Forcemain Upgrade in the Rural
  Municipality of Springfield
• Wastewater Lift Station in the Town of Ste. Anne

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These projects will help these small southeast Manitoba
communities improve their water, wastewater and solid waste management
infrastructure. When completed, the systems will better meet the needs of their
residents today and into the future, said the release.

The projects are among a number of projects announced
recently across the province that will benefit from funding from the
governments of Canada and Manitoba under the Small Communities Fund. The
governments of Canada and Manitoba have jointly invested close to $12.5 million
in funding each into 18 projects under this fund to date.