Backgrounder: Canada and Alberta invest in public facility upgrades, flood prevention, active transportation and outdoor recreation spaces in ten communities
Backgrounder
Joint federal, provincial and municipal funding will support two dozen new infrastructure projects across Alberta, funded through the COVID-19 Resilience Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. Among others, these projects include retrofits, repairs and upgrades to provincially-owned facilities, improvements to emergency response and prevention infrastructure, and new trails, sidewalks and outdoor recreation spaces.
The Government of Canada is investing more than $37.6 million in these projects. The Government of Albert is funding over $891,000. Municipalities are contributing a total of $8.5 million to their respective projects.
Project Information:
Recipient |
Project Name |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Municipal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calgary |
Retrofit, Repair, and Upgrade Project |
Repair and upgrade two provincial sites: the Lougheed House, and the Calgary Remand Centre |
$520,000 |
$130,000 |
$0 |
Calgary; Edmonton; Lethbridge |
Mental Health Facility Upgrades |
Upgrade the mental health facilities in the South Health Campus (Calgary), the Alberta Hospital (Edmonton), and the Chinook Hospital (Lethbridge) |
$3,046,975 |
$761,744 |
$0 |
Grande Prairie |
Ball Diamonds |
Build two new baseball diamonds on an old landfill site |
$800,000 |
$0 |
$200,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Design and Purchase of Portable Skate Equipment |
Design and purchase skate equipment suitable for beginner-intermediate skateboarders and in-line skaters |
$240,000 |
$0 |
$60,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Animal Pound Renovations |
Expand the Grande Prairie Animal Pound footprint by approximately 1,500-1,800 square feet |
$160,000 |
$0 |
$40,000 |
Grande Prairie |
Mobile Outreach |
Purchase and retrofit two passenger vans to transport COVID-19 positive clients between shelters, hospitals, and isolation sites |
$96,000 |
$0 |
$24,000 |
Hinton |
Hinton-Maxwell Lake Bridge and Beaver Boardwalk Rehab and Repairs |
Construct connections to a footbridge in the Maxwell Lake Area |
$251,144 |
$0 |
$68,856 |
Leduc |
Leduc Storm Manhole Installation |
Install two inspection and maintenance manholes along the main stormwater storm trunk |
$142,220 |
$0 |
$35,555 |
Leduc |
Leduc Corinthia Skate Park Rehabilitation |
Address drainage issues, concrete deterioration, and structural concerns for the Leduc Corinthia Skate Park |
$160,000 |
$0 |
$40,000 |
Leduc |
Leduc Elks Drawdown Well |
Install two drawdown wells to remove contaminated groundwater and prevent it from entering residential areas |
$160,000 |
$0 |
$40,000 |
Leduc |
Telford Lake Drawdown Well |
Install two drawdown wells to remove saline groundwater and prevent it from reaching Telford Lake |
$160,000 |
$0 |
$40,000 |
Medicine Hat |
Rehab Existing Sidewalks and Address Gaps for Sidewalk Development |
Repair existing sidewalk defects, construct new sidewalks, and install accessibility components such as ramps |
$800,635 |
$0 |
$200,159 |
Red Deer |
Storm Water Infrastructure |
Reset, replace, and repair catch basins, replace storm water mains, and rehabilitate storm water manholes |
$7,995,769 |
$0 |
$1,998,942 |
Red Deer |
Riverside Meadows Repairs and Replacement |
Repair and replace park infrastructure, install fencing, and build two asphalted trail link connections in the Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge Park |
$736,560 |
$0 |
$184,140 |
Red Deer |
Cultural Services Centre Renovation and Upgrades |
Redesign and renovate three levels of the Cultural Services Centre |
$1,838,126 |
$0 |
$459,532 |
Red Deer |
Fire Training Facility |
Upgrade and expand parts of the existing fire training facility and install new storm water-related utilities |
$3,574,772 |
$0 |
$893,693 |
Red Deer |
Storm Water Outfalls |
Reconstruct four storm water discharge points to the river and creeks in Red Deer |
$1,577,875Footnote1 |
$0 |
$394,469 |
Red Deer |
Flood Berms |
Construct an earthen berm along the east side of the Civic Yard site to raise the height of the berms |
$6,554,447Footnote1 |
$0 |
$1,638,612 |
St. Albert |
Active Transportation Plan |
Construct approximately 7 km of new sidewalks and trails |
$880,000 |
$0 |
$220,000 |
Wood Buffalo |
Franklin and Main Park |
Build a new park, including trails, courts, a water feature, an Indigenous Medicine Wheel Rock Garden, and other features |
$3,800,000 |
$0 |
$950,000 |
Wood Buffalo |
Real Martin Drive Trail Improvements |
Install an asphalt trail and associated signage from Real Martin Drive to the golf course |
$800,000 |
$0 |
$200,000 |
Wood Buffalo |
Urban Infrastructure Rehabilitation Construction |
Repair roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, manholes, catch basins and similar infrastructure to increase resilience against natural disasters |
$3,360,000 |
$0 |
$840,000 |
Total federal, provincial, and proponent funding |
$37,654,523 |
$891,744 |
$8,527,958 |
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