Roughly $12.3 million is coming to municipalities in Grey Bruce through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker announced the $12,310,034 in funding for 2022 this week.
The allotments for each community are roughly doubling compared to 2021 and will go towards building or repairing local infrastructure.
The announcement is part of the government’s additional $1 billion in funding to help build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure in small, rural and northern communities. A release says the multi-year funding will bring the government’s total funding amount to almost $2 billion over the next five years.
Walker says in a statement, “This is great news for our local communities, our government has more than doubled the amount municipalities in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound will receive for critical infrastructure repairs,” said Walker. “The investments our communities make in their infrastructure needs through the OCIF program will support economic growth, create local jobs and continue our recovery from COVID-19.”
In 2022, Local municipalities will receive:
Arran-Elderslie – $665,851 (up from $330,386 in 2021)
Bruce County – $1,387,939 (up from $660,950 in 2021)
Chatsworth – $277,591 (up from $125,064 in 2021)
Georgian Bluffs – $491,124 (up from $224,363 in 2021)
Grey County – $2,645,238 (up from $1,279,946 in 2021)
Grey Highlands – $886,088 (up from $436,207 in 2021)
Hanover – $476,444 (up from $233,348 in 2021)
Meaford – $995,889 (up from $458,173 in 2021)
Owen Sound – $2,180,470 (up from $1,125,386 in 2021)
Northern Bruce Peninsula – $407,991 (up from $181,355 in 2021)
South Bruce Peninsula – $529,990 (up from $204,075 in 2021)
Southgate – $485,177 (up from $236,674 in 2021)
West Grey – $880,242 (up from $448,807 in 2021)