News release

Liverpool to Benefit from Infrastructure Program

Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations (Oct. 2000 - March 2014)

SERVICE N.S./MUNICIPAL RELATIONS--Liverpool to Benefit from Infrastructure Program


More Liverpool residents will soon have access to improved municipal sewer and water services thanks to an upgrading project funded through the Canada/Nova Scotia Infrastructure Program.

Joint federal-provincial funding, in the amount of $616,666, was announced today as one of 14 project approvals totalling more than $14.1 million. The announcement was made by Kerry Morash, MLA for Queens, on behalf of Angus MacIsaac, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations and Robert Thibault, Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

"We are responding to the needs of our local government to improve the quality of our water, clean up the environment and assist in meeting future growth," said Mr. Morash.

Green municipal infrastructure to ensure effective wastewater management and safe drinking water is the first priority under the program. The majority of the federal and provincial funding announced in year one will be directed to green projects, like the sewage and water upgrades coming to Liverpool.

"The government of Canada is making infrastructure a top priority in our communities," said Mr. Thibault. "Through the Canada/Nova Scotia Infrastructure Program, we are investing in 'green' projects that will improve our quality of life by providing a clean, healthy environment."

The $925,000 Bristol Avenue water and sewage upgrading project involves the installation of new sewer, water and force mains, as well as curbs and sidewalks to one of Liverpool's main arteries. Completion of the project will mean an increase in the number of existing and future households with access to municipal sewer and water services, and in turn will increase town safety by ensuring readily available firefighting water supplies. This project also increases the potential of expanded water and sewage services to the community of Brooklyn.

"This project means that the residents of Liverpool will soon be living in a cleaner, safer town," said John Leefe, mayor of the Queens Municipality. "What's more, the project paves the way for easy and efficient expansion of municipal water services in the future."

The federal and provincial funding under the program is subject to the formal acceptance of the Region of Queens Municipality, which will fund the balance of the project.

This is one of a series of approval announcements for projects under the program, totalling more than $39 million to date. Additional announcements are expected as projects undergo environmental assessment and final approval.

The $195 million, six-year Canada/Nova Scotia Infrastructure Program is administered by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities is represented on the program's management committee.