Backgrounder: Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador invest in public infrastructure and public transit for the St. John’s Metropolitan Area
Backgrounder
Joint federal, provincial and municipal funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure program will support 15 public building and public transit projects in the St. John’s Metropolitan Area.
The Government of Canada is investing more than $4.9 million toward these projects through COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream and the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of theInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is also contributing over $1.3 million towards the projects while the City of St. John’s is providing $122,040 for one project.
Project Information:
Project Name |
Location |
Fund |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Other Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince of Wales Collegiate Window Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Replacement of the windows at Prince of Wales Collegiate. |
$1,200,000 |
$300,000 |
$0 |
Building 909 Roof Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Replacement of the roof at the provincial Building 909. |
$440,000 |
$110,000 |
$0 |
Government House Security System Upgrade |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Upgrades to the security system at Government House. |
$80,000 |
$20,000 |
$0 |
Supreme Court Accessibility Upgrades |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Accessibility upgrades for courtrooms at the Supreme Court building. |
$400,000 |
$100,000 |
$0 |
White Hills Highways Depot HVAC System Upgrades |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
HVAC system upgrades at the White Hills Highways Depot. |
$80,000 |
$20,000 |
$0 |
Howley Building Locking System Upgrade |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Upgrades to the existing door locking system at the Howley Building in St. John's. |
$24,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
Supreme Court (St. John's) HVAC System Improvements |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
HVAC system improvements for courtrooms at the Supreme Court in St. John's. |
$32,000 |
$8,000 |
$0 |
Richardson Building Furnace Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Furnace replacement at the provincial Richardson Building on Duckworth Street. |
$24,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
Building 904 Boiler Plant - Boiler Blow Down Tank Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Replacement of the Boiler Blow Down Tank at provincial Building 904, which houses the boiler plant for surrounding facilities. |
$16,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
Duckworth Street Office Building Elevator Sump Drainage |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Repairs to the elevator sump drainage system at the provincial office building at 285 Duckworth Street. |
$16,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
Gonzaga High Window Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Replacement of the windows at Gonzaga High. |
$1,320,000 |
$330,000 |
$0 |
Confederation Building, West Block Penthouse Roof Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
West Block penthouse roof replacement at Confederation Building. |
$112,000 |
$28,000 |
$0 |
Petten Building Roof Replacement |
Municipality of St. John’s |
CVRIS |
Replacement of the roof at the Petten Building. |
$444,000 |
$111,000 |
$0 |
Fare Collection System Upgrade |
City of St. John’s |
PTIS |
Upgrading the electronic fare collection system on both Metrobus and GoBus (para-transit) services will include upgrading the software and hardware used for fare collection onboard buses, and sub-contract taxi service providers for the para-transit service. This will improve fare collection in taxis, and the ability to offer real time mobile ticketing / pay by phone to both public transit customers. |
$169,638 |
$126,347 |
$122,040 |
Holy Trinity High Roof Replacement |
Municipality ofTorbay |
CVRIS |
Replacement of the roof at Holy Trinity High. |
$572,000 |
$143,000 |
$0 |