The Town of Kelvington will benefit from improved wastewater infrastructure thanks to joint federal and provincial funding announced recently by Garry Breitkreuz, Member of Parliament for Yorkton — Melville, on behalf of Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Michelle Rempel, and Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter.
The investment will allow Kelvington to extend sewer lines, as well as install the manholes and hydrants necessary for residential development. The project will increase the number of households and industries connected to sanitary sewer systems and improve the reliability of the treatment system.
The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are each investing $40,874 in the project through savings realized through previous projects coming in under budget as part of the Communities Component of the original Building Canada Fund (BCF-CC). Kelvington will contribute the balance of the $122,622 project.
This project is being funded using savings realized through previous BCF-CC projects coming in under budget, allowing dollars to be recommitted to additional initiatives.
Since 2007, more than 150 municipal infrastructure projects have been funded by the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan under BCF-CC, benefitting thousands of Saskatchewan residents and their communities.
The Building Canada Fund has been replaced by the New Building Canada Plan.
