Project approved under Canada's Small Communities Fund
July 30, 2015 - Williams Lake, British Columbia – Infrastructure Canada
Residents of Williams Lake will benefit from upgrades to the River Valley Trunk Sewer thanks to joint funding from the governments of Canada and British Columbia through the Small Communities Fund.
Funding will support the twinning of the city's sanitary sewer main in several places where it crosses Williams Lake River. The twinning will provide redundancy in case of pipe failure and help prevent a wastewater overflow into the river.
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 the upgrade to the River Valley trunk sewer 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."
Dick Harris
Member of Parliament for Cariboo—Prince George 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
Vincent Rabault
Press Secretary
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