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 $560,000 to help 14 Saskatchewan 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 Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404 receives $50,000 to generate an asset management plan for equipment and to engage with Northbound Planning to conduct a review of equipment, develop expenditure and maintenance plans, analyze and identify shortfalls, and provide recommended actions.
- The Rural Municipality of Meadow Lake No. 588 receives $50,000 to collect geo-referenced linear information on approximately 616 kilometers of road segments and data on culverts within the road network.
- The Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501 receives $18,000 to create a comprehensive asset management plan based on its previous work and to adopt asset management practices. The plan will be updated based on existing data. The Rural Municipality will also develop and implement asset management training, and develop a 10-year capital plan based on its existing 5-year capital plan.
