Project made possible thanks to New Building Canada Plan
July 3, 2015 –– Memramcook, New Brunswick – Infrastructure Canada
Senator Carolyn Stewart Olsen, 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, today announced $2,499,888 in federal funding for drinking water system upgrades in Memramcook. Senator Olsen was joined by Bernard LeBlanc, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Memramcook–Tantramar, on behalf of Brian Kenny, New Brunswick Minister of Environment and Local Government, and Donald LeBlanc, Mayor of the Village of Memramcook.
The project is phase one of a water distribution system extension. Work includes installing new wells, nine kilometres of water transmission pipe and eight kilometres of water distribution pipe. Once complete, the project will facilitate community growth by making it possible to add 270 new users to the water distribution system.
The project announced today is among 39 projects recently approved for more than $85 million in joint funding under the Small Communities Fund in New Brunswick. These projects represent important investments in the drinking water, disaster mitigation and wastewater infrastructure that maintain safe, healthy communities. Once complete, the work will significantly improve key municipal services for residents and help boost regional development for years to come.
The $1-billion Small Communities Fund provides funding for priority public infrastructure projects that deliver on local needs across the country. Canada and New Brunswick will each provide $39,363,723 to support projects in New Brunswick communities with fewer than 100,000 residents over the course of the funding program. This will help address local infrastructure priorities and boost economies in small communities throughout the province well into the future.
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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Jennifer Graham
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Local Government
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Infrastructure Canada
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