Potable water line in southwest Sask. receives $17.6M in federal funds
By Medicine Hat News on September 6, 2019.
A proposed potable water line to serve the region north of Gull Lake, Sask., will receive $17.6 million in federal and provincial funding, it was announced Wednesday. The Town of Cabri “Southwest Regional Potable Water Supply System” proposal was one of 12 projects that received money for green and community projects under the federal Investing in Canada Infrastructure fund. The project would see improved water treatment plant in Cabri, and intake facilities on the South Saskatchewan River. A regional line could potentially run along portions of Highway 32 and also southward. Local officials in the village of 400 people told the News that final agreement is required from up to eight other municipalities. The federal government will contribute $9.6 million toward the $24-million project. The province would provide $8 million, with the remaining $6.4 million coming from the local governments. It was the largest project announced on Wednesday in Saskatoon for qualifying projects Money will also support the construction of a new $20.9-million sports complex near the Gordie Howe Bowl in Saskatoon, and nine other projects related to storm, sewage of potable water management across the province. Ottawa’s grant awards total $39.7 million and the province’s $32.5 million goes toward projects budgeted to cost a total of $97.9 million. 8-7
