Road improvements coming to Northern Ontario

Three communities in Northern Ontario will share in more than $11 million in federal and provincial funding to help rehabilitate roads and a bridge.

Announced on July 14, the funding comes from the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan.

The Municipality of Markstay-Warren, south of Sudbury, will receive $4.4 million to improve traffic safety and drainage on 5.5 kilometres of roads.

Of the funding, $2,833,200 will come from the federal government, $1,573,843 will come from the provincial government, and $314,957 will come from the municipality.

The Township of Chamberlain in Timiskaming District will use its $4.3 million share to reconstruct the Krugerdorf Bridge.

The federal government is providing $2,748,851, the province will kick in $1,526,986, and the municipality’s share is $305,581.

In Larder Lake, also within the Timiskaming District, the township will receive $2.9 million to improve safety on 1.7 kilometres of roads.

They will receive $1,880,780 from the feds and $1,044,773 from the province, and will contribute $428,216.

In each of these projects, the federal and provincial governments are contributing the maximum allowable amount.

That amounts to 60 per cent and 33.33 per cent, respectively, for projects in municipalities with populations below 5,000, and 50 per cent and 33.33 per cent, respectively, for municipalities with populations above 5,000.