Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP announces 2022 infrastructure funding

The MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound announced the infrastructure funding for his riding for next year.

Bill Walker shared in a release that his region will receive over 12 million dollars in funding through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2022. The funding will be split between 13 municipal governments and all the communities will see an increase in the funding they received in 2021.

The release states that the funding is “part of the government’s additional $1 billion investment to help build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure in small, rural and northern communities.”

“This is great news for our local communities, our government has more than doubled the amount municipalities in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound will receive for critical infrastructure repairs,” says Walker. “The investments our communities make in their infrastructure needs through the OCIF program will support economic growth, create local jobs and continue our recovery from COVID-19.”

The funding breakdown is as follows:

Arran-Elderslie – $665,851 (up from $330,386 in 2021)

Bruce County – $1,387,939 (up from $660,950 in 2021)

Chatsworth – $277,591 (up from $125,064 in 2021)

Georgian Bluffs – $491,124 (up from $224,363 in 2021)

Grey County – $2,645,238 (up from $1,279,946 in 2021)

Grey Highlands – $886,088 (up from $436,207 in 2021)

Hanover – $476,444 (up from $233,348 in 2021)

Meaford – $995,889 (up from $458,173 in 2021)

Owen Sound – $2,180,470 (up from $1,125,386 in 2021)

Northern Bruce Peninsula – $407,991 (up from $181,355 in 2021)

South Bruce Peninsula – $529,990 (up from $204,075 in 2021)

Southgate – $485,177 (up from $236,674 in 2021)

West Grey – $880,242 (up from $448,807 in 2021)

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