Portage La Prairie, Treherne, Pembina Valley and Plum Coulee to benefit from New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund
November 12, 2014 – Portage La Prairie, Manitoba – Infrastructure Canada
Today, the governments of Canada and Manitoba announced that four north central and south central Manitoba communities will benefit from the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
The Small Communities Fund is part of the $10-billion Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Fund. It will provide $1 billion to municipalities with fewer than 100,000 residents for priority public infrastructure projects that deliver on local needs.
The following two projects in the north central region will benefit from this funding:
- Expansion of the Oakville Lagoon in the Rural Municipality of Portage La Prairie
- Renewal of the waterline in critical areas of the Town of Treherne
The following two projects in the south central region will benefit from this funding:
- Upgrades to the Pembina Valley Water Co-op's Regional Water Treatment Plant in Stephenfield
- Re-lining of sewer lines in the Town of Plum Coulee
These projects will help these small north central and south central Manitoba communities improve their water and wastewater infrastructure. When completed, the systems will better meet the needs of their residents today and into the future.
The four projects being announced today 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. Including the previously announced projects in the Interlake Region, East St. Paul and the southwest region, the governments of Canada and Manitoba have jointly invested more than $10.4 million in funding each into 12 projects under this fund to date.
Vincent Rabault
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
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Infrastructure Canada
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