Photo from the Building Canada Funding Announcement for Elgin-Middlesex-London

Over $9 million from both senior levels of government to go towards important municipal projects

AYLMER – Residents of Elgin-Middlesex-London will benefit from joint federal, provincial and municipal funding to complete eight separate infrastructure projects with the total investment in local communities pegged at over $27 million.

The announcement was made today by Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston and MPP Steve Peters at the Town of Aylmer Council Chambers.

The projects are examples of all levels of government committed to stimulating the Ontario economy by reducing red tape, creating jobs for Ontarians, and getting shovels in the ground sooner.

The projects:

•    Town of Aylmer, sewer separation project on Fourth Avenue, $274,500 from each level of government ($823,500 total);
•    Municipality of Bayham, water distribution system upgrade, $720,948 ($2,162,845);
•    Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich, Celtic Line Culvert replacement, $164,000 ($492,000);
•    County of Elgin, Calton Line/Cty. Rd. 45 road reconstruction, $1,896,957 ($5,690,872);
•    Township of Malahide, Springfield community centre replacement, $$678,536 ($2,035,610);
•    County of Middlesex, Dorchester Bridge replacement, $2,270,400 ($6,811,200);
•    Township of Southwold, Oneida Road Bridge replacement, $81,333 ($244,000);
•    Municipality of Thames Centre, Thorndale Pollution Control Plant, $2,951,667 ($8,855,000).

The governments of Canada and Ontario along with the successful individual municipalities will each invest one third towards the cost of each eligible project.

“Today we are investing in the heart of our local rural communities,” Preston said. “We are delivering results to Elgin-Middlesex-London residents in these difficult times by building roads and bridges, investing in water and waste water projects and a community centre. These important investments will create jobs and help our economy now and for years to come.”


“Strengthening our riding’s municipal infrastructure backbone will boost the fiscal health of communities and improve the daily quality of life of all residents,” Peters said. “These projects will put local communities on a more solid footing to tackle our shared challenges and forge a brighter future.”

The above projects are eight of 289 across the province that will soon break ground thanks to a federal-provincial-municipal investment of more than $1 billion. The governments of Canada and Ontario have taken steps to get shovels in the ground and to flow money faster for targeted infrastructure projects in Ontario communities for the 2009 and 2010 construction seasons.