Backgrounder: Canada and Alberta invest in infrastructure projects to improve recreation, active transportation, and emergency response in four communities
Backgrounder
Funding through the Investing in Canada plan will support 12 infrastructure projects in Alberta. The Government of Canada is investing more than $9.1 million in these projects through the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream of theInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program. Contributions by recipients toward their respective projects are more than $2.2 million. Funding recipients are responsible for any additional project costs.
These projects will include improvements to playgrounds and sports facilities, upgrades to pathways and trails which will allow for increased active transportation and emergency response and prevention infrastructure.
Project information
Location |
Project Name |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Municipal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grande Prairie |
North Bike Park |
Designing and building of a bike skills park. |
$240,000 |
$0 |
$60,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Emergency Response and Activity Center |
Designing and construction of a pre-engineered building to serve as emergency accommodations for City response to a large-scale emergency or disaster. |
$3,200,000 |
$0 |
$800,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Hillside Paths and Trees |
Installing new multi-use paths and new street trees within the Hillside subdivision. |
$194,021 |
$0 |
$52,179 |
Grande Prairie |
Maskwôtêh Bridge |
Installing a pedestrian bridge across Bear Creek, including the construction of an asphalt pathway, to link Maskwôtêh Park and the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. |
$176,000 |
$0 |
$44,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Playground Upgrades and Surfacing |
Upgrading two playgrounds, as well as three playground surfacing installations. |
$240,000 |
$0 |
$60,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Trail Resurfacing and Missing Links |
Repairing critical trail sites, and installing new path connections. |
$800,000 |
$0 |
$200,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Tree Replacements |
Planting over 300 trees within the City to assist with carbon sequestration and mitigate flooding by water absorption. |
$108,160 |
$0 |
$27,040 |
Leduc |
Recreational Centre Performance Arena - Plant Ice Chiller |
Replacing the ice plant chiller and expanding the ice chiller storage area. |
$200,000 |
$0 |
$50,000 |
Lethbridge |
Labor Club Ice Plant Replacement |
Replacing the ice plant. |
$960,000 |
$0 |
$240,000 |
Red Deer |
Trail Overlays 2021 |
Overlaying approximately two to four kilometers of park trails for the benefit of pedestrians and cyclists. |
$197,234 |
$0 |
$49,309 |
Red Deer |
Road/Sidewalk Rehab/Pedestrian Connections/Mobility Program |
Constructing and improving sidewalks, multi-use pathways, bike racks, bike lanes and transit stops. |
$2,618,560 |
$0 |
$654,640 |
Red Deer |
Red Deer 2021 Asphalt Sidewalk Repairs |
Repairing and/or reconstructing asphalt sidewalks. |
$188,232 |
$0 |
$47,058 |
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