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SHARE ON: The community hub will be built in the area that is currently a parking lot behind McCaskie TV & Stereo (Photo credit: Mathew Reisler)
The North Hastings Community Hub will soon be ready to break ground, with the help of the federal government.
The feds announced today that they will be investing $750,000 into the hub’s construction. Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says that residents need better public spaces, especially libraries, where people want to live, work and raise a family. On hand at the Announcement was MPP Daryl Kramp, whose government is adding $625,000 to what both governments call a vital project. He says he knows how important this is for the community, saying that Bancroft needs this as a hub for the area. Mayor Paul Jenkins says this is the next step to make sure that Bancroft becomes a place where people want to work and live. Jenkins says that the Hub will also continue and enhance the cultural exchange between residents and th
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The NJDOT is handing out $29 million in grants for railroad projects.
If full is not the way to go, then Ontario must look at it as partially full.
A couple of years ago the province was ready to dig into a fully funded, 14-km light-rail line that would run between McMaster and Eastgate Square. However, the Doug Ford government blocked construction from happening.
Now Ontario wants the federal government to pay up to $1.5 billion for a 9-km route that would likely run from McMaster University to Gage Avenue. The Hamilton LRT project is one of Ontario’s five priority projects that have been submitted to the federal Liberal government for transit funding. However, if the funding gap cannot be filled with federal dollars, officials will be looking at a bus rapid transit solution.