Backgrounder
Infrastructure Stimulus Fund At Work In Ontario
April 07, 2010
The Government of Canada established the $4-billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund through its Economic Action Plan, providing funding to construction-ready infrastructure projects. Ontario's portion of the funding is part of the $32-billion infrastructure stimulus funding announced in the Province's 2009 budget. This joint funding is supporting projects that can be completed by March 31, 2011. The Infrastructure Stimulus Fund is structured to flow funding and get shovels in the ground quickly.
Under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, the governments of Canada and Ontario are providing $138.7 million in joint funding for 43 infrastructure improvements to highways, bridges and local roads across Ontario.
The governments of Canada and Ontario will each contribute nearly $69.4 million towards the total eligible costs of these provincial initiatives.
Funded Infrastructure Categories
PROJECT CATEGORY / Project Name |
AMOUNT INVESTED |
LOCAL ROAD |
$8,580,000 |
Liskeard Lumber Road - Road upgrades and repairs |
$280,000 |
McGraw Falls Bridge on Shabaqua Road - Replacement of existing water crossing infrastructure |
$600,000 |
North Englehart Management Unit (EMU) Road - Road rehabilitation |
$100,000 |
Spruce River Bridge on Black Sturgeon Road - Replacement of existing water crossing infrastructure |
$500,000 |
St. Lawrence Parks Commission - Road & Bridge Repair - Road and bridge rehabilitation |
$7,100,000 |
HIGHWAY |
$130,136,000 |
Agawa River Bridge- Bridge rehabilitation |
$2,500,000 |
Algoma area - Highway resurfacing |
$1,000,000 |
East of Highway 400 easterly Orrville - Various highway rehabilitation |
$4,100,000 |
Hamilton/Halton area - Various Bridge Repairs |
$2,200,000 |
Highway 6 - Rehabilitation of highway from Tobermory southerly to Mar, 67 kilometres |
$20,000,000 |
Highway 7& 8 - Courtland Avenue to Highway 7 Interchange, Kitchener - Road Rehabilitation |
$2,400,000 |
Highway 9 - Clifford to Mildmay - Road Rehabilitation |
$2,000,000 |
Highway 9 - Resurfacing of 2.4 kilometres west of Peel Road 50 to 1 kilometre west of Peel Road 7, 7.5 kilometres |
$4,000,000 |
Highway 11 - Rehabilitation of highway 11, from Oro Medonte line 5 to Memorial Avenue, 16 kilometres of resurfacing |
$16,000,000 |
Highway 11 -Sedora Rd Underpass, south of Gravenhurst - Bridge rehabilitation |
$1,000,000 |
Highway 11/17/61 Safety Initiatives - Reconstruction, resurfacing and the addition of paved shoulders between Mackenzie and Birch Beach. |
$3,536,000 |
Highway 17 - East and West Kenora - Rehabilitation and resurfacing of highway |
$6,100,000 |
Highway 21 - Road rehabilitation from Goderich to Sheppardton, 9 kilometres |
$9,800,000 |
Highway 23 - Newry to Perth Line 84 - Road Rehabilitation |
$700,000 |
Highway 35 - Bridge rehabilitation of the Wilmot Creek Bridge |
$500,000 |
Highway 115 - Peterborough Road. 10 to Highway 7A - Road Rehabilitation |
$2,500,000 |
Highway 140 - Road rehabilitation from Highway 3 to Niagara Road. 23, 5.7 kilometres |
$6,000,000 |
Highway 400 - Bridge rehabilitation of St. Vincent Bridge in Barrie |
$3,000,000 |
Highway 400 - Bridge rehabilitation of the Innisville Creek Bridge in Barrie |
$500,000 |
Highway 400 - Resurfacing of northbound lanes from North Junction of Highway 12 to the Severn River Bridge, 7.2 kilometres |
$2,200,000 |
Highway 400 - Regional Road 88, Bradford - Bridge rehabilitation |
$400,000 |
Highway 401 - Bridge rehabilitation at the Stockdale Road Overpass in Trenton |
$600,000 |
Highway 401 - Bridge rehabilitation of Dixie Road Bridge |
$600,000 |
Highway 401 - Bridge rehabilitation of the Farewell Creek Bridge in Oshawa |
$500,000 |
Highway 401 - Bridge rehabilitation on Renforth Road |
$650,000 |
Highway 401 - Essex Road 42 Interchange 56 to Bloomfield Road eastbound lanes - Road Rehabilitation |
$4,900,000 |
Highway 401 - Herley Road. Underpass, Colborne (Site #21-294) - Bridge rehabilitation |
$1,500,000 |
Highway 401 - Orford Road to Furnival Road eastbound lanes - Road Rehabilitation |
$4,000,000 |
Highway 401 - Bridge Rehabilitation of Donovan Creek Bridge |
$500,000 |
Highway 403 - Resurfacing of QEW/Highway 403 to Highway 6 in Burlington |
$8,300,000 |
Highway 417 - Road rehabilitation from Highway 7 to Interchange 163 in Ottawa, 18 kilometres |
$8,100,000 |
Huntsville & Parry Sound - Highway Resurfacing |
$750,000 |
Nat River Bridge, East of Foleyet - Bridge coating |
$400,000 |
New Liskeard and Cochrane areas - Highway resurfacing |
$1,000,000 |
South Trout Creek Bridge, West of Nipigon - Bridge rehabilitation |
$4,000,000 |
Sudbury and North Bay areas - Highway resurfacing |
$1,000,000 |
Thessalon River Bridge - Bridge rehabilitation |
$700,000 |
York/Durham area - Various Bridge Repairs |
$2,200,000 |
TOTAL |
$138,716,000 |