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June 5th, 2009
DEVOLIN & JOHNSON ANNOUNCE $3.9 MILLION
IN STIMULUS FUNDING FOR HALIBURTON COUNTY
LINDSAY – Today local MP Barry Devolin and MPP Rick Johnson announced that the following projects in Haliburton County will receive more than $3.9 million in federal and provincial funding in the next 2 years. Each of these infrastructure projects will be funded one-third by the federal, provincial and municipal governments.
Name of Project Combined Fed. & Prov. Funding
Rehabilitation of County Road 1 $600,000
Blue Hawk Culvert Replacement $533,332
Rehabilitation of Road 503 $749,334
Rehabilitation of Hadlington Road $500,400
Rehabilitation of Haliburton Lake Road $248,984
Improvements to West Guilford Community Centre $80,000
Minden Riverview Walk Project $1,043,640
Algonquin Highlands Disaster Mitigation Program $150,000
“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, our Government is getting shovels in the ground and flowing money faster to stimulate the economy and create jobs for Ontarians,” said Devolin. “Thanks to the excellent cooperative relationship between our two governments, and between Rick and I, we are working together to help Ontario communities and our local economy to grow in the short term and to thrive in the future.”
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For more information contact:
Barry Devolin, MP
(705) 324-2400 or (866) 688-9881
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