Small, rural and northern communities in Ontario are receiving some financial help in upgrading aging infrastructure.
Two-hundred million dollars in allocations from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund were doled out last week.
Infrastructure Minister Laurie Scott says it’s funding beneficial to municipalities.
“For communities, this means that they will be able to build or repair roads, bridges, water, wastewater infrastructure, key to keeping communities healthy and safe,” says Scott.
Scott says it can also be applied to creating or updating asset management plans.
In the Rainy River district, the town of Fort Frances is receiving $682-thousand.
Atikokan will get $272-thousand while the town of Rainy River is getting $145-thousand.
The township of Emo is receiving over $64-thousand.
The townships of Alberton, Chapple, Dawson, LaVallee, Lake of the Woods, Morley and Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls will each get 50 thousand.
