Executive Council
Municipal Affairs and Environment
September 1, 2017
Premier Ball Announces $38.8 Million for Municipal Infrastructure
BACKGROUNDER
Cost-shared project funding for 2017-18 under the Small Communities Fund of the New Building Canada Fund is allocated as below.
| Community | Project | Total Project Value | Provincial Contribution | Federal Contribution |
| Arnold’s Cove | Water & Sewer Upgrading – Bar Haven Heights | $834,900 | $429,058 | $252,347 |
| Avondale | 2017 Water Extension Station Rd | $567,812 | $291,800 | $171,620 |
| Bauline | Emergency Operating Centre – Alternate Power Supply | $126,000 | $28,565 | $28,565 |
| Bay St. George South | New Pumphouse and Assoc. Work for St. Fintan’s Area | $158,789 | $81,602 | $47,994 |
| Botwood | 2017 Sanitary Sewer Outfall – Phase 1 Circular Road | $880,000 | $452,235 | $265,978 |
| Burin | Lift Station Retrofit – Port au Bras Lift Station | $350,371 | $180,057 | $105,899 |
| Carbonear | Water and Sewer Upgrading Water Street – Additional Funding | $550,000 | $232,771 | $166,236 |
| Cartwright | Lift Station Upgrading/ Replacement & Sewer Main Cleaning – Low Road & Point Road | $626,939 | $322,186 | $189,491 |
| Corner Brook | Street Resurfacing | $2,000,000 | $453,417 | $453,417 |
| Daniel’s Harbour | Pump House Extension | $358,023 | $183,989 | $108,212 |
| Deer Lake | Fourth Avenue Rehabilitation | $1,384,799 | $586,074 | $418,553 |
| Dover | Up Grade Liftstation SPS No. 4 & SPS No. 5 | $415,258 | $213,403 | $125,511 |
| Husky Energy Easter Seals House | Inclusive Park | $2,000,000 | $207,500 | $207,500 |
| Embree | Water System Upgrades | $927,960 | $469,297 | $280,474 |
| Ferryland | Water Treatment Plant Upgrades | $852,999 | $438,359 | $257,817 |
| Flower’s Cove | Main Waterline Upgrades/Repairs and Street Paving | $1,326,496 | $300,728 | $300,728 |
| Fogo Island | Iceberg Arena Upgrades | $209,616 | $57,026 | $57,026 |
| Fogo Island | Green’s Lane – Water and Sewer | $215,775 | $110,887 | $65,218 |
| Fogo Island | PH System – Fogo Water Supply | $88,000 | $45,223 | $26,598 |
| Fogo Island | Water Drainage – Old Hospital Site | $126,135 | $64,821 | $38,124 |
| Gambo | Road Upgrades – Centennial Road | $270,926 | $61,421 | $61,421 |
| Gander | SCF 2019-1 Wilcockson Crescent | $600,000 | $199,522 | $181,349 |
| Gaskiers-Point La Haye | Water Supply | $549,973 | $282,633 | $166,228 |
| Glovertown | Road Upgrading/Paving | $624,839 | $141,656 | $141,656 |
| Grand Falls – Windsor | Grenfell Heights (Upper Portion) New Water & Storm and Road Widening – Phase I | $1,000,000 | $332,536 | $302,248 |
| Greenspond | Upgrade Sewage Pumping Station’s | $265,233 | $136,304 | $80,166 |
| Happy Valley – Goose Bay | Sewage Lift Station #1 Upgrading | $385,000 | $128,026 | $116,365 |
| Happy Valley – Goose Bay | Hospital Pressure Reducing Valve Replacement | $55,000 | $18,290 | $16,624 |
| Happy Valley – Goose Bay | Sewage Lift Station #7 Upgrading | $192,500 | $64,013 | $58,183 |
| Happy Valley – Goose Bay | Storm Drainage Improvements | $55,000 | $12,469 | $12,469 |
| Harbour Grace | Harvey Street – Phase 4 – Water, Sewer & Street Upgrading | $2,032,090 | $1,044,236 | $614,257 |
| Harbour Main-Chapel’s Cove-Lakeview | Water & Sewer Upgrading Chapel’s Cove & Fewer’s Hill | $1,501,264 | $771,504 | $453,754 |
| Heart’s Content | Track Road Upgrading and Paving | $50,067 | $11,351 | $11,351 |
| Heart’s Delight-Islington | 2017/2018 Water System Upgrades | $60,000 | $30,834 | $18,135 |
| Hickman’s Harbour-Robinson Bight | Water System Improvements | $363,000 | $186,547 | $109,716 |
| Hopedale | Water System Freeze Prevention Upgrades/Rehabilitation | $605,000 | $310,911 | $182,860 |
| Kippens | Road Upgrading – Island Pond Drive – Phase 3 | $1,083,500 | $245,639 | $245,639 |
| Little Bay East | Street Upgrading and Paving 2017 – Spruce Road | $50,322 | $11,409 | $11,409 |
| Little Bay East | Street Upgrades and Paving 2017 – Cemetery Road | $128,608 | $29,156 | $29,156 |
| Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer Cove | 2018 MCW Culvert Replacements | $331,315 | $75,112 | $75,112 |
| Lumsden | Beothic Arena Chiller Replacement | $129,605 | $43,098 | $39,173 |
| Marystown | Road Upgrading 2017 – Forest Road Upgrading, Paving, and Water Laterals | $552,834 | $125,332 | $125,332 |
| Marysvale | Well Upgrading – Main Road | $189,829 | $97,554 | $57,375 |
| Marysvale | Water Line Valve & Post/Flush Hydrant Installation – Various Locations | $92,323 | $47,445 | $27,904 |
| Meadows | Multi-Purpose Court (Rink) Upgrades – Roof Installation | $660,000 | $179,553 | $179,553 |
| Miles Cove | Town of Miles Cove – Water and Sewer, Phase II | $961,766 | $494,255 | $290,692 |
| Millertown | Water Treatment/ Chlorination Building | $378,235 | $194,376 | $114,321 |
| Millertown | Sewage Pumping Station Upgrade | $135,355 | $69,559 | $40,911 |
| Mount Moriah | Sweetapple Drive – Road Upgrading | $288,960 | $65,510 | $65,510 |
| Mount Pearl | 2017 – 2020 Street Upgrading (Second Street between St. Andrews and Sunrise) | $704,846 | $234,387 | $213,038 |
| Mount Pearl | Glacier 1 (Elevator and HVAC Upgrades) | $550,000 | $149,628 | $149,628 |
| New Perlican | Water Main Upgrades – Installing Poly Pigging System | $150,851 | $77,523 | $45,594 |
| North Harbour | Water System Upgrade (2017) | $859,062 | $441,475 | $259,650 |
| Paradise | Clearview Heights Upgrading | $1,980,160 | $448,919 | $448,919 |
| Pasadena | Storm Sewer – Midland Row East | $1,056,000 | $446,920 | $319,174 |
| Phillips Head | 2017 Water Line Repair throughout Phillip’s Head | $261,956 | $134,620 | $79,176 |
| Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove | Waterline Replacement, Phase 4 | $167,290 | $85,971 | $50,563 |
| Port Blandford | Water Pumping System Improvements | $495,000 | $254,382 | $149,613 |
| Portugal Cove South | Water Main Extension | $364,541 | $187,339 | $110,182 |
| Ramea | Seawalls – Upgrades & Repairs | $797,997 | $482,459 | $241,193 |
| Rigolet | Upgrade Water System Intake | $506,000 | $260,035 | $152,938 |
| Rigolet | Upgrade Power Supply at PWDU and Tank Altitude Building | $320,100 | $72,569 | $72,569 |
| Salmon Cove | Water and Sewer Installations | $660,000 | $339,176 | $199,484 |
| Shoe Cove (Notre Dame Bay) | Water Treatment System | $165,000 | $84,794 | $49,871 |
| South Brook (Hall’s Bay) | Sewage Lift Station Retrofit | $176,024 | $90,459 | $53,203 |
| Springdale | Orange Lane & Churchill Place | $436,425 | $224,280 | $131,909 |
| St. Alban’s | Refurbishment of Water Storage Reservoir | $240,766 | $123,731 | $72,771 |
| St. George’s | Chlorination Building Upgrading | $99,000 | $50,876 | $29,923 |
| St. Mary’s | Additional Artesian Wells | $268,180 | $137,819 | $81,057 |
| Stephenville | Pleasant Avenue Reconstruction Phase 2 | $1,325,632 | $561,034 | $400,670 |
| Stephenville Crossing | Lift Station Controls and SCADA upgrades | $370,961 | $190,638 | $112,122 |
| Victoria | Cole’s Road Water & Sewer/Road Upgrading | $225,763 | $116,021 | $68,237 |
| Wabana | Pumphouse & wells replacement # 3 Yard -Wabana | $1,737,109 | $892,706 | $525,038 |
| Wabush | Industrial Park Wastewater Treatment Plant – Engineering Design Initiative | $1,100,000 | $565,294 | $332,473 |
| Winterton | Winterton Recreation Center Upgrades | $247,250 | $67,264 | $67,264 |
| Woody Point | Woody Point Lift Station Upgrade | $271,145 | $139,342 | $81,953 |
| York Harbour | Fill Station | $63,250 | $32,504 | $19,117 |
| Totals: | $43,192,724 | $17,451,414 | $11,913,506 |
Municipal Capital Works Program
Cost-shared project funding for 2017-18 under the provincial Municipal Capital Works program is allocated as below.
| Recipient | Project | Project Value | Provincial Contribution |
| Anchor Point | Road paving | $373,800 | $169,487 |
| Badger | Water/wastewater and sewer system | $230,226 | $187,899 |
| Bishop’s Falls | Road upgrades | $432,986 | $196,323 |
| Branch | Water treatment system upgrades | $660,000 | $538,660 |
| Channel-Port aux Basques | Municipal town depot | $2,889,407 | $1,572,129 |
| Cow Head | Wastewater system upgrades | $374,219 | $305,419 |
| Crow Head | Water/Wastewater/sewer system | $550,000 | $448,883 |
| Fox Cove-Mortier | Water infrastructure upgrades | $759,873 | $620,171 |
| Grand Bank | Municipal fire hall upgrades | $529,582 | $288,146 |
| Happy Adventure | Water and sewer system upgrades | $365,491 | $298,296 |
| Hermitage-Sandyville | Water treatment system | $330,000 | $269,330 |
| Hughes Brook | Municipal building – town hall | $50,000 | $27,205 |
| Humber Arm South | Community centre upgrades | $155,250 | $84,472 |
| Indian Bay | Water pumping system | $206,800 | $168,780 |
| Jackson’s Arm | Wastewater upgrades
Sewer system study |
$469,992
$120,000 |
$383,584
$97,938 |
| Lamaline | Road upgrades | $315,000 | $142,826 |
| La Scie | Street upgrading/paving | $105,000 | $47,609 |
| Meadows | Municipal depot | $35,000 | $19,044 |
| NorPen Regional Service Board | New fire hall | $3,036,000 | $1,927,205 |
| North West River | Water infrastructure assessment | $552,805 | $451,173 |
| Port au Port East | Water resevoir upgrade | $338,428 | $276,208 |
| Random Island West | Fire hall improvements | $50,000 | $27,205 |
| Stephenville Crossing | Emergency generators | $190,830 | $86,526 |
| Traytown | Water supply testing | $31,498 | $25,707.13 |
| Trinity Bay North | Wastewater upgrades
Local road improvements |
$447,339
$645,939 |
$365,097
$292,880 |
| Twillingate | Water/Wastewater/sewer system upgrades | $130,295 | $106,340 |
| West St. Modeste | Town hall renovations | $90,885 | $49,451 |
| Winterton | Fire hall upgrades | $50,000 | $27,205 |
| Totals | $14,516,645 | $9,501,198 |
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