The City of Yorkton is hoping to receive funding on two major projects under two different infrastructure programs.
During the 2016 Capital Budget deliberations, Council approved the funding to replace the main sanitary trunk main from York Road to Manhole 1 (located near the City of Yorkton’s wastewater treatment plant). This piece of infrastructure is estimated at approximately 100 years old and has had one major failure and repair. The existing storm drainage ditch (located under the existing sanitary sewer line) would be reshaped and constructed based on an engineered design created by the results of the latest storm water model, explained Michael Buchholzer, Director of Environmental Services with the City of Yorkton at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.
To aid the City in funding this project, an application is being prepared for the second intake of the Provincial Territorial Infrastructure Component (PTIC) program, and for the new Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) Program. The City is applying for both funding programs. To complete the application there is requirement to have a council resolution stating that council supports the application, he said.
The overall project has been budgeted at $11,770,000, with 25 per cent of those cost potentially available through one of the provincial programs, and 33 per cent from the other.
In addition, “During the 2016 Capital Budget deliberations, Council approved the funding to replace the storm drainage culverts and infrastructure on Highway No. 9. These culverts are an integral asset to our drainage system and our objective is to replace them with a bridge structure,” detailed Buchholzer.
The project, budgeted at $2,890,000, will also be submitted for shared funding through the two programs, with the potential for the same cost-share grants.
