Project approved under Canada's Small Communities Fund
July 25, 2015 –108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia– Infrastructure Canada
Residents of Cariboo Regional District will benefit from new drinking water infrastructure thanks to joint funding from the governments of Canada and British Columbia through the Small Communities Fund.
The project will include the construction of a new water treatment plant adjacent to the Kyllo reservoir. It will house the treatment system, an insulated underground holding tank. When complete, the new system will provide residents with clean, reliable potable water for years to come.
The project announced today is among 55 recently approved in British Columbia that will collectively receive more than $128 million in joint federal-provincial funding under the Small Communities Fund. These projects represent important investments in municipal infrastructure that maintain safe, healthy communities. Once complete, the work will significantly improve key municipal services for residents and help boost regional development.
Through the Small Communities Fund, the governments of Canada and British Columbia are working in partnership to provide funding for priority public infrastructure projects that deliver on local needs in communities across the province that have fewer than 100,000 residents. These investments support job creation and economic growth, thus sustaining a high quality of life in small communities across British Columbia for years to come.
"We are proud to invest in projects like these water infrastructure upgrades in Cariboo Regional District that will benefit our community by improving much needed local infrastructure. Our Government's commitment to municipalities, big and small, has never been stronger. Through the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund, we are investing in priority infrastructure projects that have a positive and lasting impact on the quality of life of British Columbia's residents while helping create jobs and economic growth."
-Cathy McLeod
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and for Western Economic Diversification and Member of Parliament for Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel,
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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