Backgrounder: New infrastructure projects to benefit communities across the Northwest Territories

Backgrounder

The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories are announcing funding for new infrastructure projects that will have a significant and positive impact on communities across the Northwest Territories. The Government of Canada will provide up to $72,125,000 for these projects through the Small Communities Fund. The Government of the Northwest Territories will contribute up to $23,875,000 towards these projects and the local community governments will contribute the remaining $354,700.

The projects announced today are as follows:

Location

Project Description

Territorial and Community Contribution

Federal Contribution

Various locations throughout the Territory

Rehabilitation of Highways 1, 3, 7 and various community access roads and winter roads

$15,750,000

$47,250,000

Yellowknife area and Tsiigehtchic to Inuvik

Rehabilitation of Highways 4 and 8

$8,125,000

$24,375,000

Nahanni Butte

Upgrades to roads and ditches, installation of culverts and infilling of low lying areas

$125,000

$125,000

Trout Lake

Construction of a cold storage garage for the community

$50,000

$125,000

Colville Lake

Construction a new 1,500 square foot youth centre building

$125,000

$125,000

Wrigley

Purchase of a new sewage vacuum truck for the community

$54,700

$125,000


For more information on the Small Communities Fund, please visit: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/sc-cp-eng.html.

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