Residents in northeastern New Brunswick to benefit from clean water, improved roads and community spaces
News release
Maltempec, New Brunswick, September 5, 2019— Investing in modern community facilities and improved roads is essential for ensuring Canadians and their families have access to infrastructure that meets their needs and creates dynamic communities while supporting good jobs that help grow the middle class.
Today, Serge Cormier, Member of Parliament for Acadie–Bathurst, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Robert Gauvin, Deputy Premier, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage on behalf of the Honoruable Andrea Anderson-Mason, Justice Minister and minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation, announced investments towards three infrastructure projects to improve roads, water supply lines and community spaces in northeastern New Brunswick.
In Maltempec, investments will support improving 3.1km of Route 350 from Lavigne Road to Sutherland Lane. Work will improve road reliability throughout the communities of Maltempec and Landry Office. In Tracadie-Sheila, investments will support a survey to prepare for the installation of a future water supply pipe to the commercial park on rue Rivière-à-la-Truite. The third project consists of renovating the Shippagan RCMP detachment to transform it into an updated and modern community centre.
These projects will provide residents, businesses and visitors of northeastern New Brunswick with improved water quality and consistent and reliable water supply, smoother and safer roads that will allow residents to get home earlier to their loved homes, and offer New Brunswickers a new and improved place to gather as a community.
The Government of Canada is investing over $683,000 for these projects through the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream, the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund and the Small Communities Fund 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.
Quotes
“These projects will ensure that northeastern New Brunswickers have access to an ample amount of clean and safe drinking water, dependable roads and upgraded community spaces to gather and share ideas. These are not only investments in our infrastructure, but in our people and their opportunities to thrive.”
Serge Cormier, Member of Parliament for Acadie–Bathurst, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
“Ensuring that communities across Canada have modern infrastructure is essential to building a healthy, sustainable future. These investments are critical to building strong communities in New Brunswick that can reach their full potential.”
The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Rural Economic Development
“Investing in these important infrastructure projects will be beneficial to residents and business of several communities on the Acadian Peninsula.”
The Honourable Robert Gauvin, Deputy Premier, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage on behalf of the Honourable Andrea Anderson-Mason, Justice Minister and minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation
Quick facts
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Through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan, the Government of Canada is investing more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada’s rural and northern communities.
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$26.9 billion of this funding is supporting green infrastructure projects, including $5 billion available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
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On June 27, 2019, the Government of Canada launched two new strategies: Canada’s Connectivity Strategy, which commits to connect all Canadians to high-speed internet, and Canada’s first Rural Economic Development Strategy, which will spur economic growth and create good, middle class jobs for rural Canadians across the country.
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The Rural Economic Development Strategy leverages ongoing federal investments and provides a vision for the future, identifying practical steps to take in the short term, and serving as a foundation to guide further work.
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These investments complement the Atlantic Growth Strategy, a federal-provincial action plan aimed at stimulating economic growth in the region through five priority areas:
- Skilled workforce/Immigration;
- Innovation;
- Clean growth and climate change;
- Trade and investment;
- Infrastructure.
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Associated links
- Investing in Canada: Canada's Long-Term Infrastructure Plan
- Investing in Canada plan project map
- Federal infrastructure investments in New Brunswick
- Rural Opportunity, National Prosperity: An Economic Development Strategy for Rural Canada
- Atlantic Growth Strategy
- Rehabilitating New Brunswick’s roadways will benefit businesses and residents with safer, more efficient transportation routes
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Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
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ann-clara.vaillancourt@canada.ca
Bruce Macfarlane
Communications Director
Regional Development Corporation
506-444-4583
Bruce.macfarlane@gnb.ca
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