Churchill, Snow Lake, The Pas, Flin Flon, Waterhen, Camperville, and Duck Bay are benefitting from the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund
July 31, 2015 – Winnipeg Manitoba– Infrastructure Canada
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for two additional projects in communities in western Manitoba under 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 funding announced for the Rural Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain will be used to extend the existing water distribution and sewer collection systems to service residents of Oak Point Drive and surrounding area. Work will include upgrades to the lift station, forcemain and the installation of new fire hydrants. In the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, the funding will be used to complete the final phase of the waterline expansion project; which started in 2005. This phase will extend waterlines to 45 agricultural and rural properties in the western-most portion of the municipality. The governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for five additional projects for communities in Manitoba's north under 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.
In Churchill, the 40 year old main collector sewer line on Kelsey Boulevard will be replaced with preinsulated forcemain suitable for northern climates. In Snow Lake, approximately 500 meters of aging water and wastewater lines will be replaced. The Pas will renew the towns' waterline to address frequent breaks. The upgrades to the wastewater system and the land drainage sewer renewal will improve water flow and reduce the frequency of flood events. The City of Flin Flon will replace heating plant no. 3, which distributes drinking water and provides heating for waterline freezing protection, as well as lift station no. 16. Both the heating plant and lift station provide service to approximately 141 homes and 94 businesses in the downtown area.
Additionally, the communities of Waterhen, Camperville, and Duck Bay will use the funding to upgrade the automated control systems that manage three separate water treatment plants. These upgrades will address boil order advisories that occur when power outages cause damage to programming systems that can cause low pressure in the drinking water systems.
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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Naline Rampersad
Cabinet Communications
Province of Manitoba
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Lynne Bereza
Communications Coordinator
Association of Manitoba Municipalities
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Infrastructure Canada 613-960-9251
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