Committing to the future of our waterways and its communities
March 14, 2014 Peterborough, ON Parks Canada
Parks Canada is supporting communities and businesses along the historic Trent-Severn Waterway (TSW) by investing $58 million over the next two years in major capital projects and ongoing preventative maintenance. Dr. Colin Carrie – the Parliamentary Secretary to Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, joined by Daryl Kramp, Member of Parliament for Prince Edward Hastings – made the announcement today on the Minister’s behalf at the Peterborough Lift Lock visitor Centre on the TSW.
The major capital projects include:
Peterborough
- Thompson Bay Dam Reconstruction – $1.5M
- Otonabee Dam Deck Rehabilitation - $7.6M
Other TSW locations
- Bolsolver Dam Reconstruction - $24.1M
- Kennesis Dam - $3.5M
- Healy Falls Concrete Rehabilitation – $0.7M
- Hastings Swing Bridge - $4M
- Brighton Swing Bridge - $4.6M
The funding announced today also includes $11.5 million over the next two years across the TSW for dam safety and in preventative maintenance projects for bridges, dams, lock gates and retaining walls as well as the management of navigation markers, and visitor facilities.
Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada (www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/index.aspx)
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