Federal Government is Investing in Halton and Peel Region Transit

Federal Government is Investing in Halton and Peel Region Transit

Halton Region is benefitting from improvements to roads, and water and wastewater infrastructure, including the widening and realignment of Tremaine Road in Milton and the construction of a new Regional water quality laboratory in Burlington, thanks to Government of Canada funding through the Gas Tax Fund.


"Investments in Canada's public infrastructure create jobs, economic growth and provide a high quality of life for families in every city and community across the country," said the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament for Halton. "With the new Building Canada Plan, our Government is delivering the largest investment in job-creating infrastructure in Canadian history. The improvements to local roads and wastewater infrastructure that we are announcing today will have a significant economic impact here in Halton Region."


"Key initiatives of Halton Region's Citizens' Priorities Action Plan include managing our existing system to ensure water, wastewater and roads infrastructure are in a state of good repair and constructing key infrastructure to meet existing and future growth demand," said Regional Chair Gary Carr. "Canada's Gas Tax Fund will help us complete multiple infrastructure projects across Halton Region this year."


The Gas Tax Fund is supporting numerous projects throughout Halton Region. Between 2006 and 2014, Halton Region will receive more than $84 million from the Gas Tax Fund to improve local infrastructure. For example, Tremaine Road, a project that previously benefitted from $5.3 million from the Government of Canada through the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, is now receiving an additional boost