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February
16, 2009
DEVOLIN ANNOUNCES $744,644 FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IN
BEAVERTON
BEAVERTON – Local MP Barry Devolin, on behalf of the Honourable John Baird, Canada’s Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Minister, and the Honourable George Smitherman, Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, today announced a total of $744,644 to the Township of Brock for the reconstruction of Victoria Avenue in Beaverton.
Communities across Ontario will benefit from joint federal-provincial investments in public infrastructure of close to $1 billion. The funding announced today will enable over 200 infrastructure projects to break ground in Ontario creating jobs when the need for economic stimulus is greatest.
The money will be used to reconstruct Victoria Avenue from Mara Road (Regional Road 23) west to the CN crossing. The work will include curb and gutter repairs as well as storm sewer and sidewalk improvements. The total cost of this project is $1,116,966.
“Building a strong and healthy country starts at the community level,” said Devolin. “In the midst of economic uncertainty, these strategic investments show that our government is taking quick and robust action to boost our economy and help create a better future for Ontarians as well as Canadians.”
“We’re creating jobs for families and making our communities stronger by investing in infrastructure in rural Ontario, said Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. “This is another example of how the McGuinty government is keeping Ontario moving with targeted investments that matter to people in their everyday lives.”
Under the Communities Component of Building Canada, the federal and provincial governments provide up to two-thirds of the funding for eligible project costs while the successful municipalities contribute the remaining one third of the eligible project costs.
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For more information contact:
Barry Devolin, MP
(705) 324-2400 or (866) 688-9881
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