Today, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant, and Scott Pearce, Acting President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), announced a federal investment of more than $1.5 million to help 35 Quebec communities put in place innovative asset management strategies.
Asset management helps communities manage municipal infrastructure assets such as roads, arenas, bridges, drinking water and wastewater systems to ensure maximum performance and make better investment decisions. Asset management also helps reduce risks so municipalities can provide reliable and affordable services and a high quality of life to their residents.
This funding will help strengthen data-driven decision-making on key infrastructure and ensure long-term infrastructure performance. Among the recipients:
- The City of Nicolet receives $50,000 to produce a health assessment of the City's main assets to support municipal decision-makers in managing infrastructure optimally for the benefit of the population. An overall picture of assets will be consolidated and developed using a dashboard and an interactive map, and an asset monitoring tool will be implemented.
- The City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield receives $50,000 to collect information on drinking water mains and to assess their risk level and remaining useful life.
- The City of Québec receives $40,000 to implement an innovative asset management protocol for drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure, which is comprised of 6 plants and 8 major structures. Together with a professional, the City will develop a framework policy and an asset management strategy as well as processes for producing management tools and simple and effective dashboards.
