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QUESNEL – Residents of Quesnel will benefit from $10 million in joint federal and provincial funding to four-lane Highway 97 from Cody Road to Australian, announced today by Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kevin Falcon and MP for Cariboo-Prince George Dick Harris.
The project will improve traffic flow and safety by providing safe passing opportunities over a 2.5-km section of four lanes. Construction is slated to begin in spring 2010 and finish in fall 2010.
“We want to create a smoother and safer flow of traffic along Highway 97, and that’s why we’re investing in this four-laning project,” said Falcon. “This project will improve travel and safety conditions and is expected to create more than 60 jobs, at a time when the need for economic stimulus is greatest.”
“This Cody Road to Australian highway project is yet another example of how the priorities of simulating the economy and creating jobs can be accomplished due to the great relationship between the federal government and the provincial government,” said Harris. “This project will ensure smooth, safe, and efficient travel along Highway 97 in the Cariboo.”
This project is part of the $290-million infrastructure investment, recently announced by the Government of Canada and the Province of B.C.
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provincial portion of the funding comes from an overall $14-billion
capital infrastructure program supported by the Province that will create up to
88,000 jobs and help build vital public infrastructure in every region of B.C.
The federal portion of the funding comes from the $4-billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund to provide funding to provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructure projects. Funding will be available for two years for projects that will begin during the 2009 and 2010 construction seasons. This initiative is structured to flow funding and get shovels in the ground quickly.
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