Takeaways from Tallahassee â Safety first
Safety first
While you might not know what EHS means, the profession and its functions in the workplace have been front-and-center for the past year.Â
The acronym stands for Environment, Health and Safety and covers everything from slip-and-falls to forklift accidents, carpal tunnel to workplace violence.Â
Before the COVID-19 crisis, The Florida Chamber had created a group designed to help propel the state to become one of the safest, healthiest, and most sustainable in the nation. The pandemic and its impact on every business in Florida highlight the critical importance of EHSâs purpose.
âThe Florida Chamber Safety Council tapped into Floridaâs leading companies and their safety leaders to create an Advisory Board that is an incubator of research, leadership and education, and provides resources, tools and best practices for small to mid-sized businesses that often do not have full-time safety, health and susta
State infrastructure projects get federal boost
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DeSantis awards City of Lakeland $42.9 million through DEO program
Emily McCain
and last updated 2021-04-16 13:07:26-04
LAKELAND, Fla. â Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday announced nearly $150 million in award to local communities for more resilient infrastructure, including $42.9 million to the City of Lakeland.
The money in Lakeland is to establish a multi-component project in partnership with Bonnet Springs Park which focuses on increasing flood storage capacity to the drainage basin by improving the stormwater infrastructure and watershed quality, according to a press release.
The awards are part of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunityâs (DEO) Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program. It allows governments to develop large-scale infrastructure projects to make communities more resilient to future disasters, according to a release.
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WOLFVILLE, NS, April 12, 2021 /CNW/ - The health and safety of Canadians are top priorities for the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia. Communities across Canada are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, and need immediate assistance to ensure their public infrastructure is safe and reliable.
That is why governments have been taking decisive action to support families, businesses and communities, and continue to look ahead to see what more can be done in these unprecedented times.
Today, Kody Blois, Member of Parliament for Kings Hants, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; along with the Honorable Keith Irving, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kings South; and Dr. Peter Ricketts, President and Vice-Chancellor of Acadia University, announced funding for upgrades to Acadia University s Raymond Field, one of the two outdoor a
Wollondilly Council
Council is aware that there is a lot of misinformation around about how we are managing our roads program in Wollondilly.
We’d like to clarify some important points:
We know we need to keep improving our roads. It is a huge focus for the team – both in terms of budget and resources. In light of the recent storm event, we are accelerating $4m of road reconstructions in the next 4 months with an additional $1.2m for immediate maintenance and repair. Some roads we are focusing on include Finns Road, Remembrance Driveway and Werombi and Woodbridge Roads.
All the funds from the 2015/16 SRV have gone to our Major Road and Infrastructure Program, which we report to IPART annually. It has delivered in excess of 350 road works projects (excluding maintenance and small surface repairs). This is our yearly capital budget for roads and the SRV funding, which have been invested into our infrastructure (i.e. roads)
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