The Rural Municipalities of Brokenhead, Powerview-Pine Falls, and West St. Paul are benefitting from the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund
July 31, 2015 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for three projects for communities in the Interlake region today 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.
With the funding announced today, the RM of Brokenhead will construct one new secondary cell and two new primary cells with the dikes built to support an aeration system. The existing primary cell will be converted into a secondary cell and the existing forcemain will be diverted to deliver wastewater evenly to each of the 2 new primary cells.
The RM of Powerview-Pine Falls will address wastewater capacity and management issues as well as alleviate an Environmental Protection Order that was put in place in 2013. Project components include; the installation of a new forcemain and relocate & upgrade an existing lift station.
Lastly, funding for the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul will be used to connect the municipality to the Cartier Regional Water Co-op's new Headingley Water Treatment Plant by installing approximately 26km of waterline from the Rosser reservoir to a new reservoir and pump house in West St Paul.
Vincent Rabault
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Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
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Cabinet Communications
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Association of Manitoba Municipalities
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Infrastructure Canada
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