The Government of Canada’s federal Gas Tax Fund allocated more than half a million dollars to infrastructure improvement projects in Northwest towns and villages in 2016.
The projects ranged from street upgrades to building walking paths and installing sidewalks.
According to the government, the GTF provides municipalities with a permanent, predictable and indexed source of long-term funding. The total allocation to Saskatchewan municipalities for infrastructure was $59.1 million.
Receiving funding were:
Resort Village of Aquadeo - upgrade roads including main access road, $24,814;
Town of Blaine Lake - upgrade streets, $88,332;
Resort Village of Chitek Lake - Construct Country Cabin Lane walkway, $9,428;
Resort Village of Cochin - repave three streets, $46,224;
Village of Edam - resurface Main Street from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue $15,914;
Village of Glenside - rebuild Islay Street, $3,369;
Town of Hafford - upgrade and resurface streets, $70,500;
Village of Krydor - construct walking paths and sidewalks, $3,000;
Village of Leoville - resurface Main Street, $108,116;
Village of Meota - sand seal 1.6 kilometres of road on 1st Street West and 2nd Avenue West, $64,980;
Village of Mervin - reconstruct 1.5 kilometres of road, $15,000;
Village of Paradise Hill, Pave 880 metres of Second Street, $115,000.
