Today the long awaited announcement
of money for the Greater Vernon water Treatment Plant was announced. The $13.8 million in total with $10.47 million coming from the Federal Govt via the Gas Tax Fund and the remaining $3.3 million from the Canada-BC Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund was announced by M.P. Colin Mayes and MLA Tom Christensen.----------------------
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A Greater Vernon water project has tapped into federal and provincial funding.Okanagan Shuswap M-P Colin Mayes announced a grant today for the Duteau Creek treatment facility.'Greater Vernon Services will receive
10.47 million dollars from the federal gas tax fund to construct a new water treatment building and more than 3.3 million dollars from the Municipal Rural Infrastructure fund to construct a water reservoir at Duteau Creek.' It adds up to 13.8 million dollars of the project's estimated 24 million dollar cost.
Greater Vernon Services chairman Gary Corner says the grant will help reduce the costs to local taxpayers.'The plan that we had was built on no funding what so ever so obviously this is going to take some of the pressure off future water increases and certainly make a difference tax-wise to the citizens.'Greater Vernon water manager Al Cotsworth says the new facility will reduce the need for boil water advisories and get rid of most of the discolouration problems. The new plant which will be located on Whitevale Road in the Lavington area, should be ready for operation by April 2009.
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