Backgrounder:  Residents to benefit from a soil remediation project in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg and a wastewater upgrade project in the Town of Bridgewater 

Backgrounder

Joint federal and provincial funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan will support water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects in the municipalities of Lunenburg and Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

The Government of Canada is investing over $2.6 million in these projects through the Green Infrastructure Stream (GIS) of the Investing in Canada plan. The Government of Nova Scotia is contributing over $2.2 million.

Project Information:
Project Name Location Project Details Federal Funding Provincial Funding

Town of Bridgewater Wastewater system upgrade

Bridgewater

Work involves the replacement of one pumping station and the installation of 1,000 m of main pipes

$2,208,000 $1,839,816

Remediation of the former Riverport School - District of Lunenburg

Lunenburg

Remediation of the contaminants found on the former school site to improve the quality of the soil

$433,564 $361,268

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2019-07-31