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• Premier Ball Announces New Cost Share Ratios for Municipal Infrastructure Projects – Oct 5, 2018

  The Provincial Government is adjusting the cost share ratios for new municipal infrastructure projects to make it easier for communities to construct roads and build community centres via the Investing in Canada Plan. Yesterday at the opening ceremonies for the Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador Trade Show and Convention, the Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland […]

• Quarry Permit Application – Tracking Log

  FYI Just to to advise that DNR has just published its Quarry Application tracking log on its website: https://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/quarries/index.html Under the ‘Quarry Application Management’ section, there is a section titled “Tracking Log”. When you click on the tracking log link, it will open a Google Sheet. This is a live document – the spreadsheet updates […]

• Premier Ball Announces $555.9 Million Agreement for Community Infrastructure

  The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced the signing of a bilateral agreement with the Government of Canada under the Investing in Canada Plan that will provide more than $555 million in federal funding over the next decade for community infrastructure projects. The Investing in Canada Plan will see the provincial […]

• Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure Survey: Roads, bridges and tunnels

    Roads Canada’s road network, as reported by this survey, was long enough in 2016 to circle the Earth’s equator more than 19 times. Statistics Canada, in partnership with Infrastructure Canada, has launched its first-ever catalogue of the state of the nation’s infrastructure to provide statistical information on the stock, condition, performance and asset management strategies of Canada’s core […]

• Provinces, territories receive federal gas tax funding

  The Government of Canada has announced the awarding of the first installment of gas tax funding for nine provinces and all three territories. “Local governments know best what their communities need and the Government of Canada is proud to deliver stable, long-term funding that they count on to develop and maintain their public infrastructure,” said […]

• City of St. John’s – Bid Bonds will only be accepted in Digital Bid Bond format

  In an effort to ensure the City of St. John’s is receiving acceptable bids we are changing our tendering process to allow for the acceptance of Digital Bid Bonds. It is important to note that a scanned and uploaded copy of a paper bid bond is not a Digital Bid Bond. Please be advised that […]