Municipal infrastructure grant for Kincardine 2008
By Liz Dadson

13/01/2009 04:25 PM
Kincardine has received $721, 784 from the provincial government for municipal infrastructure projects.The grant is part of the $1.1-billion investment made by premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberal government, as announced Aug. 25 by Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell, to be used to improve roads and bridges, expand public transit and build other municipal projects.

The increase in infrastructure funding is a result of the government passing the Investing in Ontario Act, 2008, said Mitchell. Because of that act, the government's surplus above $600 million for the 2007-08 fiscal year flowed to municipalities to fund infrastructure projects.

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"Through this investment, the McGuinty government is taking another step forward in our relationship with our municipal partners," said Mitchell.

"The municipalities in Huron-Bruce will now have the ability to choose their next infrastructure project, and to move that project forward" 

Brockton received $622,815; Huron-Kinloss received $420,874, Saugeen Shores received $757,120, South Bruce received $383,664; and Bruce County received $1,955,044 through the grant.