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Ottawa Funding $500M for Winnipeg’s Most Expensive Project
The third phase will remove phosphorus and other nutrients, and officials say the city’s water and sewer rates can stay frozen next year.
- On Friday, Federal Minister of Northern Affairs Rebecca Chartrand announced $500 million for Winnipeg's North End Wastewater Treatment Plant, providing crucial funding for the final phase of the regional megaproject.
- Initiated in 2003, this megaproject aims to reduce nutrient outflow into Lake Winnipeg, helping curb toxic cyanobacteria algal blooms that shut down recreational beaches.
- Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham said federal support prevents significant cost burdens on residents, ensuring the city maintains a planned freeze on water and sewer rates next year and avoids $600 in annual tax increases.
- Chartrand noted the funding is part of a broader regional package; Manitoba will receive $480 million for housing and post-secondary education over 10 years, plus $218 million for health infrastructure over three years.
- Liberal MP Terry Duguid emphasized that without expanded treatment, Winnipeg would exhaust capacity for new homes and industries within six years; the project is expected to finish by 2032, addressing a need Duguid noted existed "over 20 years ago.
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$500M flows from Ottawa for Winnipeg's North End sewage treatment plant upgrades
Ottawa is pouring half a billion dollars into Winnipeg's North End sewage treatment plant in a move that represents a crucial piece of funding the city has been looking for to finance the final phase of sorely needed wastewater upgrades.
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