Today, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities; Greg Turner, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Moncton South, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Crossman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation; and Bryan Butler, Deputy Mayor of the City of Moncton, announced joint funding of over $22M for stormwater, wastewater and school ventilation projects in Moncton.
With this funding, the City of Moncton will install a dedicated storm sewer relief system to provide sewer separation on three streets in the City's downtown core. Lutz, Westmorland and Robinson Streets will all be fully reconstructed following the upgrades, and the existing communication and electricity lines will be relocated underground to improve reliability during ice storms. This project will beautify Moncton's downtown, improve the City's capacity to manage wastewater and stormwater and increase residents' access to potable water.
In addition, students and staff at Forest Glen School will benefit from cleaner air through the installation of vertical ventilators that precondition outdoor air delivered to the classrooms. The school will also receive upgrades to the building automation systems that centralize controls and scheduling to improve energy efficiency.
The Government of Canada is investing more than $9.2 million combined for both projects. The Government of New Brunswick is contributing over $7.2 million, and the City of Moncton is providing more than $5.6 million.
