July
18, 2008
DEVOLIN
CELEBRATES THE COMPLETION OF WORK ON TWO COMRIF PROJECTS IN
HIGHLANDS
EAST
WILBERFORCE
— Local
MP Barry Devolin joined Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal, on behalf of
the Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario Minister of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; and Dave Burton, Reeve
for the
Municipality
of
Highlands East
to mark the completion of the replaced Dillman’s Bridge and
Hadlington Road
culverts.
Dillman’s
Bridge, previously closed to traffic, was replaced with a
low-maintenance structure built to current engineering standards.
Three Hadlington Road
culverts were removed and replaced with an open-span bridge
structure designed to prevent overtopping during flooding.
The
Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario each committed
up to $429,567
to the project through the Canada-Ontario Municipal Rural
Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF). The
Municipality
of
Highlands East
committed the balance of the project’s total eligible cost of $1,288,700.
“These
bridges link communities together and will help Highlands East to
promote local and economic development,” said Devolin. “Our
Government is pleased to have partnered with the provincial and
municipal governments to complete this essential infrastructure
project, which benefits area residents.”
“The
replacement of the outdated culverts on
Hadlington Road
with the new bridge structure provides the only link to
civilization and emergency services for local residents,” said
Reeve Burton. “The new bridges have positively impacted our
infrastructure and our economy.”
Under
the five-year, $900-million COMRIF program, the governments of
Canada and Ontario are working together with the Association of
Municipalities of Ontario and local partners to respond to
local needs through infrastructure upgrades to provide clean, safe
drinking water, better sewage systems, improved waste management
processes, safer local roads and bridges, as well as other health
and safety priorities.
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For
more information contact:
Barry
Devolin, MP
Sharon Stoughton-Craig, CAO,
Highlands
East
(705)
324-2400 or (866) 688-9881
705-488-2981
