Backgrounder: Residents in Alberton, Dawson, Fort Frances and O’Connor to benefit from bridge replacement and roadway drainage improvements
Backgrounder
Joint federal, provincial, and municipal funding will support roadway improvements and a bridge replacement in the Northwestern Ontario municipalities of Alberton, Dawson, Fort Frances and O'Connor.
The Government of Canada is investing more than $1.6 million in these projects through the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream (RNIS) of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The Government of Ontario is contributing over $1 million. The municipalities are providing the remaining funds.
Project Information:
Project Name |
Fund |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Municipal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberton, |
RNIS |
Replacement of the Kehl Bridge deck with a twin culvert bridge, and resurfacing of 2 km of Kehl Road to join seamlessly with Kehl Bridge. |
$333,300 |
$185,148 |
$37,052 |
Dawson, |
RNIS |
Replacement of a culvert and repair of approximately 0.6 kilometres on Colonization Road. |
$370,151 |
$205,619 |
$101,413 |
Fort Frances, Town of - Reconstruction of Colonization Road West |
RNIS |
Replacement of approximately 0.5 km of roadway and 1 km of curb and gutters on Colonization Road West. |
$890,741 |
$593,768 |
$1,249,837 |
O'Connor, Township of – Upgrade of the Roadway Across Beaver Dam Creek on Sitch Road |
RNIS |
Replacement of culverts over Beaver Dam Creek, road improvements to the section of Stich Road located above the culverts, road widening and installation of guardrails. |
$72,203 |
$40,109 |
$20,542 |