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  BACKGROUNDER  

2008CS0077-001007

June 27, 2008

Ministry of Community Development

Western Economic Diversification Canada

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

 

103 PROJECTS BENEFIT BRITISH COLUMBIANS

 


Community/Proponent

Project

Amount

Abbotsford

 

Abbotsford-James Treatment Plant Bio Solids Dewatering

 

$2,170,000

 

Anmore

 

 

Anmore - East Road
Reconstruction - Ph 1

 

$1,500,000

 

 

Belcarra

 

Belcarra - Potable Water Supply and Distribution

 

$4,035,266

 

Burns Lake

 

 

Burns Lake - 5th Avenue Water Reservoir Exterior Remediation Project

 

$80,166

 

 

Burton Community Hall Association

 

Burton Community Hall Broadband - Phase 2

 

$17,450

 

Capital Regional District

 

Saturna Island - Lyall Harbour/Boot Cover Water Treatment System Upgrade

 

$852,800

 

 

Cariboo Regional District

 

Quesnel - Arts and Recreation Centre Energy Retrofit

 

$258,580

 

Cariboo Regional District

 

Alexis Creek Community Water System

 

$1,123,256

 

Cariboo Regional District

 

 

100 Mile House Library Expansion and Energy Efficiency Improvements

 

$1,468,992

 

Central Saanich

 

Senanus Watermain

 

$1,126,666

 

Chase

 

Chase - Waste Water Lift Station

 

$489,332

 

Peace River Regional District

 

 

Chetwynd & District Multipurpose Complex Upgrade Project

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Chilliwack

 

Chilliwack - Evans Road Connector

 

$2,000,000

 

Columbia Shuswap Regional District

Lakemount Shuswap Water System

$633,332

Comox

Comox Traffic Circle

 

$1,309,316

 

Regional District of Comox-Strathcona

 

East Courtenay Reservoir

 

 

$2,666,666

 

 

Coquitlam Public Library

Coquitlam CPL Poirier Branch Renovations

 

$2,000,000

Cowichan Valley Regional District

Duncan - Dogwood Ridge Water System Improvements

 

$266,666

 

Cranbrook

 

Cranbrook-Kimberley Rails to Trails

 

$1,885,332

 

Dawson Creek

 

Dawson Creek - City Hall Energy Improvements

 

$416,660

Edgewood Community Internet Society

 

Edgewood - Inonoaklin Valley Edgewood Areas Broadband - Phase 2

 

    $15,304

 

Enderby

 

Enderby Roadway Improvement Project

 

$1,213,404

 

Esquimalt

 

Esquimalt - Craigflower Road Corridor Improvements - Phase1

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Fauquier Communication Centre Society

 

Fauquier - Expansion and Improvement of the Fauquier Broadband System

 

$14,510

 

Fort Nelson

 

Fort Nelson Sewer Rehabilitation

 

$1,329,998

 

Fort St. James

 

 

Fort St. James - Stuart Drive Sidewalk Upgrade and Expansion

 

$171,738

 

Fort St. John

 

Fort St. John - Provincial Energy Interpretive Centre

 

$2,000,000

 

Fraser Ft. George Regional District

 

Fraser Fort George -Summit Lake Sewer System

 

$1,662,894

 

Fraser Valley Regional District

 

Area A - Boston Bar Water System Integration

 

$1,362,374

 

Gibsons

 

 

Gibsons - Water System Fire Protection and Reliability Improvements

 

$896,474

 

Gold River

 

Gold River - Dogwood Sewer Lift Station Replacement

$241,258

 

Golden

 

 

Golden - Wastewater Treatment Plant Emergency Standby Power

 

$80,000

 

 

Grand Forks

 

Grand Forks - Park and Lift Station

 

$586,666

 

Greater Vancouver Regional District

 

Delta/South Surrey Regional Greenway Pedestrian Overpass

 

$433,332

 

Greenwood

 

Greenwood - Upgrade City Roads

 

$190,834

 

Harrison Hot Springs

 

 

Harrison Hot Springs - Sewer Line to District of Kent

 

$2,720,000

 

Houston

 

Houston - Geoexchange District Heating System

 

$1,578,000

 

Kamloops

 

Kamloops - North Westsyde and Noble Creek Area Water System Improvements

 

$4,480,666

 

 

Kent

 

Kent - Agassiz Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades

 

$475,932

 

Keremeos

Keremeos - Upper Bench Sewer System Phase 2

$685,312

Kimberley

 

Kimberley - Construction of Conference Centre

 

$2,000,000

 

Kitimat

 

Kitimat - Sewer Lining Project

 

$631,666

 

Ladysmith

 

Ladysmith - Chemainus Road Upgrade

 

$1,800,000

 

Lake Country

 

Lake Country - Winfield Multipurpose Centre Expansion

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Langford

 

Langford - New City Centre Park

 

$1,376,666

 

Langley Township (District)

 

East Langley-GVRD Sewer Connection

 

$6,000,000

 

Lantzville

 

Lantzville - Sanitary Sewer Collection System, Phase 2

 

$3,199,102

 

Lillooet

 

North Lillooet Water Supply

 

$380,000

 

Maple Ridge

 

Maple Ridge - Abernethy Connector Road Realignment

 

$2,000,000

 

Mission

 

Mission - Landfill Leachate Treatment Facility

 

$3,646,666

 

Nakusp

 

 

Nakusp - Sewage Treatment
Plant Upgrade

 

$647,380

 

Nanaimo

 

Nanaimo - Comox Road Upgrade

 

$790,718

 

Nelson

 

 

Nelson - Water Distribution System Upgrades - Willow PRV Feedline and Galvanized Iron Pipe Replacement

 

$1,066,666

 

 

New Marine Centre Society at Sidney

 

Sidney - New Marine Centre

 

 

$2,000,000

 

 

North Cowichan

 

Chemainus/Crofton STP Biosolids Processing Facility

 

$3,000,000

 

North Okanagan Regional District

 

Vernon - Duteau Creek Resevoir

 

$3,326,436

 

North Vancouver

 

Library Solar Water Installation

 

$204,152

 

North Vancouver

 

 

North Vancouver - Energy Efficiencies Improvements to the Capilano Branch Library

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association

 

Port Hardy - New Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre

 

$454,000

 

 

Okanagan Similkameen Regional District

 

Northwest Osoyoos Sanitary Sewer

 

 

$4,514,466

 

 

Oliver

 

Oliver Rural Area Water System Twinning Project, Phase 2

 

$3,880,000

 

Parksville

 

Springwood Water Supply Complex Upgrade

 

$452,000

 

Peachland

 

Peachland Lake Source Improvements and Water System Integration

 

$2,984,490

 

Pemberton

 

Pemberton New Water Supply

 

$355,500

 

Peninsula Recreation Commission

 

North Saanich - Panorama Recreation Facility Expansion

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Port Alberni

 

Port Alberni - Argyle Street Sewage Pump Station Upgrade

 

$530,000

 

Port Clements

 

 

Port Clements - Upgrade Public Water Supply and Treatment

 

$652,906

 

 

Port Hardy

Port Hardy - Wastewater Lift Station Upgrades

 

$819,332

 

Prince George

 

Prince George - Community Energy System

 

$5,334,000

 

Prince George

 

Prince George - Cameron Street Bridge Rehabilitation

 

$2,000,000

Princeton

 

Princeton - Water System Extension to East Princeton

 

$1,726,000

 

Quesnel

 

Renewal of West Quesnel Sanitary Force Main

 

$460,000

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

 

Creston and District Community Complex Expansion

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

 

North Terrace/Brauns Island
Phase One Water Extension

 

$2,066,000

 

 

Rossland

 

Rossland - Upper Murphy Creek Water Intake

 

$345,332

 

Saanich

 

Saanich - Cordova Bay Community Centre Additions

 

$830,000

 

Saanich

 

Gordon Head Community Recreation Centre Renovation

 

$2,000,000

 

Salmon Arm

 

 

Salmon Arm - Construction of Water Reclamation Facility at Wastewater Treatment Plant

 

$100,000

 

 

Salmon Arm

 

 

Salmon Arm - 20/21 Street NE - Trans Canada Highway Interchange

 

$2,000,000

 

 

Sicamous

 

Sicamous - Two Mile Water Upgrade

 

$454,000

 

Sicamous

Sicamous - Mara Low Lift Pumphouse Reconstruction

$330,666

Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District

 

Skeena Queen Charlotte -Dodge Cove Water Improvement

 

$533,332

 

Slocan

 

Slocan - Environmental Energy Improvement Project

 

$136,000

 

Smithers

Smithers Regional Airport Runway Extension

$2,000,000

St Michael's Anglican Church

 

Merritt - St. Michael's Hall Addition Project

 

$166,034

 

Summerland

 

Summerland-Water Supply Expansion

 

$3,199,056

 

Sunshine Coast Regional District

 

Sechelt - Sunshine Coast Regional District - Systematic Approach to Capital Asset Management

 

$116,034

 

 

Surrey

 

Surrey - Newton Athletic Park -New Artificial Turf Field

 

$1,441,142

 

Surrey

 

 

Surrey - Newton Recreation Centre Addition

 

$1,996,566

 

Thompson Nicola Regional District

 

Pritchard Community Sewer System

 

$156,666

 

Thompson Nicola Regional

District

 

Barriere - Maple Mission Community Water System

 

$99,812

 

 

Thompson Nicola Regional District

 

Loon Lake Waterworks System Upgrade

 

$54,166

 

Thompson Nicola Regional District

 

Savona Water System Upgrade

 

 

$730,666

 

 

Thompson-Nicola Regional District

 

    North Kamloops Library Construction

 

$2,000,000

 

Tsu-ma-as Transformation Society

 

    Port Alberni - Tsu-ma-as Transformation Centre

 

$1,783,832

 

Ucluelet

 

Ucluelet - New Community Centre Hub

 

$2,000,000

 

Valemount

Valemount - New Water Treatment Facility

 

$1,933,332

Vanderhoof

 

Vanderhoof Water Treatment Plant

 

$1,000,000

 

Victoria

 

Victoria Conference Centre Expansion

 

$2,000,000

 

Warfield

 

Warfield - New Water Supply

 

$2,506,800

 

White Rock-Peace Arch Curling Club

 

White Rock - Peace Arch Curling Club

 

$1,443,650

Williams Lake

 

Williams Lake Overall Stormwater Management Project Phase 2

 

$483,330

 

 

Yahk Area Communications Society

Yahk Area Communications Broadband Connectivity

 

$75,000

 

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Media Contact:

 

Marc Black

Ministry of Community Development

250 387-4089

Jackie Stewart

Western Economic Diversification Canada

604 666-7543

 


     

 

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