Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Nathan Neudorf, Alberta's Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure, announced more than $25.5 million in joint funding for infrastructures upgrades in communities across Alberta.
The funding includes retrofits and upgrades to several provincially owned facilities. In Edmonton, a parkade membrane will be replaced at the Provincial Law Courts Building, ground trucks for maintenance safety [CJ1] will be installed at the Royal Alberta Museum, and there will be new roofs and fire doors installed at the Seed and Extraction Plant Processing Centre and the Sir Frederick W. Haultain Building. Other replacements include floor drains, plumbing and light fixtures. These installations and upgrades will improve energy efficiency and reduce operating costs.
In addition, the Courthouse, the Training Centre and the Vehicle Inspection Station in Hinton and the Provincial Building in Jasper will undergo extensive upgrades that will make them safer, more comfortable and universally accessible. All residents, including those with mobility issues, will be able to access the public services offered at those facilities.
Additionally, rehabilitation and maintenance work will extend the lifespan of 13 deteriorated cross culverts along Saprae Creek Trail (Highway 69), in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, from Saline Creek Parkway (Airport Access) to the Canadian National Rail Yard. Residents in the area will benefit from an enhanced roadway that will be less prone to flooding.
By investing in infrastructure, the Government of Canada is growing our country's economy, increasing the resiliency of communities, and improving the lives of Canadians.
