Canada's new government invests gas tax funds in British Columbia's cities and communities

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2006/28/c2050.html
OTTAWA, July 28 /CNW Telbec/ -
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Ida Chong, B.C. Minister of Community Services, and Marvin Hunt, President of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), are pleased to announce that British Columbia's local governments have received their first of instalment of Year 2 federal gas tax payments. Over $29 million in federal gas tax funds were distributed today to 151 local governments outside of the Greater Vancouver area and to the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA). This is in addition to $60 million that BC's cities and communities received last year.

Eligible Recipient Amount
City of Armstrong $ 29,691
District of Coldstream $ 50,373
City of Enderby $ 24,039
City of Kamloops $ 481,509
City of Kelowna $ 416,725
Village of Lumby $ 19,002
North Okanagan Regional District $ 83,654
City of Penticton $ 138,290
Township of Spallumcheen $ 34,058
City of Vernon $ 148,547

Local governments are able to use their gas tax funds for environmentally
sustainable infrastructure projects. Eligible project categories include water
and wastewater, solid-waste management, public transit, community energy
systems and local government capacity building. Decisions on how these funds
are invested will be made locally in a way that responds to the infrastructure
needs of each community and results in environmental benefits such as clearer
air, cleaner water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions for all British
Columbians.