Backgrounder: New Brunswick residents and visitors to benefit from improved tourist information centre and roads
Backgrounder
Joint federal-provincial-municipal funding through the Green Infrastructure Stream (GIS) and the Rural and Northern Infrastructure Communities Stream (RNIS) of the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan, as well as the Small Communities Fund (SCF), will support three infrastructure projects in New Brunswick.
The Government of Canada is investing over $3.7 million towards these projects. The Government of New Brunswick is contributing over $4.2 million in total for the three projects, and the Town of Oromocto is providing $283,000 towards the Gateway Wetland Tourist Information and Interpretive Centre.
Project Information:
Project Name |
Funding Stream |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Municipal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Flood Mitigation – Route 105 Blue Bird Corner to Sheffield |
GIS |
$2,787,500 |
$3,212,500 |
- |
Paving – Route 10, Little River Bridge No.1 to Route 670 Area, near Albrights Corner |
RNIS |
$719,000 |
$719,000 |
- |
Town of Oromocto Gateway Wetland Tourist Information and Interpretive Center |
SCF |
$283,656 |
$283,656 |
$283,658 |