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Stratford, St. Marys and surrounding Perth County will receive nearly $3.2 million from the province for infrastructure projects this year.
Infrastructure Minister Laurie Scott announced Monday $200 million in total investments from a provincial fund aimed at helping small, rural and northern communities with fewer than 100,000 people build and repair roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
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“COVID-19 has created challenges for everyone, including our municipal partners,” Scott said in a press release. “By making this stable, predictable investment, our government is not only improving critical infrastructure, we are strengthening local economies, creating jobs and laying the foundation for our long-term recovery.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford (CPAC)
Ontario is investing $200-million this year for roads, bridges and other projects across Ontario.
It’s being earmarked through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund, which is open to communities with a population under 100,000 and all northern communities.
Thunder Bay is receiving $5.8 million.
This is the same level of OCIF funding that was set aside in 2020.
Premier Doug Ford made the announcement in a video to rural mayors at the virtual Rural Ontario Municipal Conference this morning.
“This funding will help 424 small, northern and rural communities across Ontario with critical projects like building and repairing local roads and bridges, as well as water and wastewater infrastructure,” he says.
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A contentious and convoluted debate on approving Amherstburg’s 2021 budget ended abruptly without a decision Monday when council voted not to extend the meeting past 10 p.m.
The meeting, which began at 6 p.m., included a lengthy agenda in addition to the final approval of the budget. Councillors had been debating the budget for about 90 minutes when a motion was required to continue after 10 p.m. The six councillors voted 3-3 on the motion. Mayor Aldo DiCarlo broke the tie, voting against the motion.
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