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Monday, July 4, 2011

Funding Sought For Safe Drinking Water

All three levels of government sitting down at the same table for the first time to discuss safe clean drinking water. 

MP Rodney Weston meeting with Mayor Ivan Court and MLA Trevor Holder today to look at all the possible funding options for the 172 million dollar project. 

Weston says one option is a public-private partnership, nicknamed "3P" for short.


Weston says there's a long line of cities looking for the traditional form of funding, where the cost is split between three levels of government, so every option has to be examined.


The project, which includes the construction of a water treatment facility near the Little River Reservoir, is meant to take place over four years and be completed by 2015, but Weston says the timeline will ultimately depend on the funding program.