Backgrounder: Residents in northeastern New Brunswick to benefit from clean water, improved roads and community spaces

Backgrounder

Backgrounder: Residents in northeastern New Brunswick to benefit from clean water, improved roads and community spaces

Joint federal and provincial funding will support three projects in northeastern New Brunswick, including road, potable water and community infrastructure improvements.

The Government of Canada is investing over $683,000 in these projects through the Rural and Northern Infrastructure Communities Stream (RNIS), the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) and the Small Communities Fund (SCF) of the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan. The Government of New Brunswick will contribute over $671,000, with the participating municipalities contributing over $111,000.

Project Information:

Project Name

Fund

Project Details

Federal Funding

Provincial Funding

Municipal

Paving - Route 350, Lavigne Road to Sutherland Lane

RNIS

The project consists of paving approximately 3.1km of Route 350, from Lavigne Road to Sutherland Lane.

$559,500

$559,500

$0

Telly Roads Aquaduct in Rivière-à-la-Truite Regional Municipality of Tracadie

CWWF

The project will see the preliminary plans for the future water supply pipe to transport drinking water from the new Tilley Road main water supply to the commercial park situated at rue Rivière-à-la-Truite. The scope of the work will include surveying approximately 7.0 of land.

$25,185

$12,592

$12,593

Building Conversion into a Community Centre Facility

SCF

The project will see the renovation of a RCMP detachment building to be transformed into a community center. The work will include renovating the ground floor, the basement and embellishing the exterior of the building.

$99,071

$99,071

$99,072

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2019-09-05