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Feds Come Through with
Massive Infrastructure Funding Increases
Over SEVEN
BILLION Dollars in Spending
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has unveiled a shopping list of new
infrastructure initiatives, highlighting the desperate need to fix
Canada's roads, sewers, watermains, bridges and dams.
- $585 Million over two
years for a Highways and Borders fund.
- $91 million over two years for Pacific Gateway Initiative
- $181 million for Strategic Infrastructure Fund
- Over $530 million to renew Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund
Over
$5.5 Billion in new spending, while gas tax money continues to remain in
the hands of municipalities...
To see
Flaherty's historic announcement,
click
here. The full multi-media list of Budget initiatives can be
found here.
Questions or concerns about municipal infrastructure?
Let's talk. I can be reached at:
Tel: (905) 670-7676
or: (800) 268-4664
Fax (905) 670-1512
6810 Invader Cres, Mississauga, ON
L5T 2B6
Veso Sobot, P.Eng.
Director, Corporate Affairs
IPEX Inc.
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Toronto's Crumbling Infrastructure
Another major Toronto street
is closed for months, after a cast-iron water pipe broke. Aging water
lines are to blame. (Toronto Star)
Broken Watermain - Repairs "Could
Take Months..."
City of Toronto officials said it will
take two to three
months to repair a sinkhole that opened up after a water main break.
Newer Technologies Provide Answers to Infrastructure Issues
Broken, unsafe
pipes... you wouldn't want to drink from them, why should your
residents?
Click here to discover the solution.
Watermain Break Clock to Soon hit
$5 Billion Figure...
Flaherty's Infrastructure boost can't come soon
enough - consider the Watermain Break Clock, which will soon
hit a major milestone, after only six years in operation.
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