Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and Scott Pearce, Acting President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), announced a federal investment of more than $350,000 to help eight New Brunswick 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:
- Building upon its first formal asset management plan funded by FCM, the Town of Saint Andrews receives $50,000 to improve the quality of its record data and condition assessment data by doing a condition assessment of the roads, trails, and wharf.
- The Village of Saint-Antoine receives $50,000 to improve and to continue developing its asset management plan. The Village will review its risk assessment to include the impact of climate change, will develop adaptation or mitigation measures for high-risk assets, and will perform lifecycle asset assessments to outline detailed asset investment requirements. The Village will also elaborate a strategy to manage financial shortcomings and will generate 5- and 10-year expenditure plans for priority assets and future projects.
- The Village of New Maryland receives $50,000 to implement ArcGIS Online, receive training and develop mobile applications for collecting inventory and assess the condition of critical infrastructure. The Village will also create a condition assessment strategy and policy, and conduct stakeholder and community engagement.
