Province invests in critical infrastructure in small rural communities

PROVINCIAL – The Government of Ontario will provide $1 billion over the next five years to help build and repair local roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure in small, rural and northern communities.

Locally, the province will provide the following funding: Municipality of Leamington $2,618,424; Township of Pelee $100,000; Town of Kingsville $1,877,534; Municipality of Chatham-Kent $10,000,000; and Town of Lakeshore $2,903,166.

These communities all received additional funding in the previous years. The multi-year funding is being delivered through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) and will bring the government’s total investment to nearly $2 billion over the next five years.