News release

Kentville Sewer Mains Upgraded Under Infrastructure Program

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

SERVICE N.S./MUNICIPAL RELATIONS--Kentville Sewer Mains Upgraded Under Infrastructure Program


Some of Kentville's aging sanitary sewer mains will be modernized as a result of funding through the Canada/Nova Scotia Infrastructure Program.

Joint federal-provincial funding, in the amount of $234,666, was announced today as one of 14 project approvals totalling more than $14.1 million, by Robert Thibault, Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Mark Parent, MLA of Kings North, on behalf of Angus MacIsaac, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations.

"We are working with this community to find better, more cost-effective ways of addressing their needs," said Mr. Parent.

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 the first year will be directed to green projects, like the sanitary sewer mains upgrading scheduled for Kentville.

"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 through safe drinking water and a cleaner environment."

The $352,000 project for Kentville will consist of upgrading and separating sanitary and storm water sewer lines. Currently the regional sewage facility receives both types of water. Separating the storm water flows will increase the treatment facility's efficiency while decreasing its operational costs.

"This upgrade project will improve the efficiency of our regional sewage treatment facility," said Gary L. Pearl, mayor of Kentville. "It is a modernization which will deliver greater environmental and cost-saving benefits to the community."

The federal and provincial funding under the program is subject to the formal acceptance of the Town of Kentville, 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 (Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation in Cape Breton), and Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities is represented on the program's management committee.


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