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Rob at the Sod Turning
Sewage Treatment Improved Through Gas Tax Funding
August 26, 2008 -- Scoudouc, New Brunswick -- Today, the governments of Canada and New Brunswick participated in a sod-turning ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of an extended sanitary sewer line and expanded lagoon that will provide Scoudouc residents with improved sewage treatment.
The Government of Canada is providing $3,547,350 in funding under the Canada-New Brunswick Agreement on the Transfer of Federal Gas Tax Revenues. The Greater Shediac Sewerage Commission is contributing $832,095 to the project, for a total of $4,379,445.
"Providing New Brunswickers with a clean and safe environment is a priority for the Government of Canada and that is why we are proud to work with the Government of New Brunswick towards this goal," said MP Moore. "With funding through the gas tax, residents of Scoudouc will have access to higher quality public infrastructure that will contribute to their well-being and improve the health of the environment."
New Brunswick communities will receive $116.1 million from the Gas Tax Fund from 2005 to 2010, to which the Government of New Brunswick will add $30 million. Following the 2007 Federal Budget, a further $178.5 million in gas tax funding will flow to New Brunswick communities from 2010 to 2014, for a total of $294.6 million in federal funding over nine years.
The Scoudouc sewer line and lagoon project is part of a five-year Capital Investment Plan developed for Unincorporated areas by the Department of Local Government of New Brunswick under the Gas Tax Revenue agreement.
In December 2007, the governments of Canada and New Brunswick announced the signing of the Building Canada Framework Agreement. With this agreement, the Government of Canada committed to an investment of more than $541 million towards infrastructure needs in New Brunswick from 2007 to 2014, including the Gas Tax funding. In addition, in Budget 2008, the Government of Canada announced that the Gas Tax Fund will become permanent from 2014, at $2 billion per year for provinces and territories. This will facilitate long-term planning by municipalities.
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For more information, please contact:
Sean Phelan
Special Assistant - Communications
Office of Rob Moore, M.P. Fundy Royal
(613) 996-2316
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