NEW BRUNSWICK: The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) and Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, was joined today by the Honourable Brian Gallant, Premier of New Brunswick, and Murray Driscoll, Mayor of Quispamsis, to announce $ 2,300,000 in federal funding for wastewater infrastructure upgrades in Quispamsis.
The project involves upgrades to approximately 1.5 km of sewer collector lines in the Ritchie Lake/Pettingill Road area, improvements to the Longwood wastewater pumping station, and new screening, grit removal and solids disposal systems at the Longwood Lagoon Treatment Facility. This will decrease the flow of storm water into the sanitary sewer system, thus reducing the burden on the waste water treatment plant as well as overflow incidents. This work will improve the efficiency of the wastewater collection and treatment system in the area, improve protection against property damage from flooding, and extend the municipal sewer to École des Pionniers, the newly constructed Francophone elementary school.
The project announced today is among 38 projects recently approved for more than $79 million in joint funding under the Small Communities Fund in New Brunswick. These projects represent important investments in the drinking water, disaster mitigation and wastewater infrastructure that maintain safe, healthy communities. Once complete, the work will significantly improve key municipal services for residents and help boost regional development for years to come.
The $1–billion Small Communities Fund provides funding for priority public infrastructure projects that deliver on local needs across the country. Canada and New Brunswick will each provide $ 39,363,723 to support projects in New Brunswick communities with fewer than 100,000 residents over the course of the funding program. This will help address local infrastructure priorities and boost economies in small communities throughout the province well into the future.
