Ottawa and Quebec Fund $384M in Projects Across The Province

• Backgrounder: Projects included in the third component of the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund
• Backgrounder: Infrastructure Stimulus Fund in Quebec
• Backgrounder: Programme de renouvellement des conduites d'eau potable et d'eaux usées (PRECO)

Quebec City, Quebec, September 13, 2009 – The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister for La Francophonie and Minister responsible for the Region of Quebec City, and Sam Hamad, Quebec Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity, Minister of Labour and Minister Responsible for the Region of Quebec City, are pleased to announce, on behalf of their respective governments, joint financial support of nearly $303 million under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund for 92 new projects in Quebec. With the contributions of municipalities and other organizations, the investment totals nearly $365 million.

The governments of Canada and Quebec also announced $80 million in joint funding under the federal-provincial agreement on the Programme de renouvellement des conduites d'eau potable et d'eaux usées (PRECO) for a group of 63 Quebec municipalities.

“This is the third wave of investment in the province of Quebec, since the first announcement in July, for projects arising out of the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, which can begin construction immediately. With today's announcement, the governments of Canada and Quebec have announced investments in more than 200 infrastructure projects which brings the total joint federal-provincial contribution close to $875 million and will stimulate our economy by creating jobs for Quebecers,” said Minister Verner. “The agreement on these projects is another example of the outstanding co-operation between our two governments.”

“We want Quebec and its municipalities to acquire high-quality infrastructure to make their residents proud. These investments, as well as all those announced in the past few months, demonstrate our government's commitment to get the projects provided for in the Plan québécois des infrastructures under way as quickly as possible in order to maintain and renew our infrastructure while stimulating our economy,” said Minister Hamad.

More than $125M in the Quebec City area

The Ministers made the announcement in L'Ancienne-Lorette, which will receive a joint contribution of $6.5 million to build a multi-generational training centre. The municipality will contribute another $3.3 million to the project, which is expected to cost $9.8 million. The training centre, with an area of about 2,100 m2, will be built in Parc de la Rivière, on the site of a former arena, and will include water basins and a multipurpose hall.

Projects worth over $125 million, including municipal contributions, will be carried out in the Quebec City area.

The Government of Canada's contribution to these projects comes from the new Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, which totals $4 billion Canada-wide and is part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, announced in the January 2009 budget. The Government of Canada has agreed to invest $936 million for projects in Quebec, including $350 million for PRECO.

The Quebec government's contribution comes from the Plan québécois des infrastructures, which was increased in January 2009 and now has an envelope of close to $42 billion for renewal of Quebec infrastructure over the next five years.

For more information, please contact:

Jean-Nicolas Marchand
Regional Affairs Director
Office of the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister for La Francophonie
418-558-8140

Chris Day
Press Secretary
Office of Minister John Baird
613-991-0700

Alexandre Boucher
Office of the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity, Minister of Labour and Minister Responsible for the Quebec
City Region
418-643-4810

Geneviève Villemure Denis
Press Secretary
Office of the President of the Treasury Board and Minister Responsible for Government Administration
418-643-5926

Further information

For more information about infrastructure investments, visit the following Web sites: www.creatingjobs.gc.ca and www.infrastructures.gouv.qc.ca.

To learn more about the Government of Canada's Economic Action Plan, go to
www.actionplan.gc.ca.

Backgrounder
Projects included in the third component of the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund

Projects funded by the federal and provincial governments through the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund

Road infrastructure improvements, repairs and construction

• Repairs to the structural systems of the Querbes overpass
• Redevelopment of the Highway 20 interchange ramps – Montarville
• Redevelopment of the Fer à cheval interchange and construction of a park-and-ride lot
• Construction of a noise abatement structure on Highway 440 in Laval
• Redevelopment of D'Auteuil Street in the town of Amqui
• Repairs to intersection 169-169 in Hébertville
• Highway 139 in the village of Wickham (urban area)
• Correction of the vertical profile, Highway 132, Gulf coast sector
• Correction of a substandard curve at KM 109 on Highway 389
• Repairs to parts of the deck on structure P-13531C on Highway 20 near Montmagny, over the CN railway tracks
• Correction of curves, Highway 198, Lake Baillargeon sector
• Relocation of Highway 198 bordering the York River
• Relocation of Highway 132, Les Éboulis sector
• Reconstruction of Route Mont-Saint-Pierre, the access road to the Gaspésie provincial park
• Redevelopment of Highway 132, Listuguj sector
• Correction of the curve and profile of Highway 167 at KM 165
• Repairs to curves on a 1.4-km stretch on Highway 155 under a Hydro-Québec power line
• Correction of the vertical profile on Highway 359 near Côte Trépanier
• Repaving of Highway 55 in St Catherine de Hatley
• Wearing course on Highway 241 in Roxton township and the village of Roxton Falls
• Resurfacing of Highway 116 in Mont St Hilaire
• Reinforcement of Highway 335 in St Calixte
• Repairs to Blue Sea Road north of Blue Sea
• Repaving of Highway 301 in Portage du Ford
• Repairs to Highway 55 in Sherbrooke, from the Highway 222 viaduct northward (right-hand lane)
• Repairs to Highway 108 in Cookshire-Eaton
• Repairs to Highway 55 in Sherbrooke, from the Highway 222 viaduct northward (left-hand lane)
• Repairs to Highway 161 in Nantes
• Repairs to Highway 143 in Stanstead East
• Repairs to Highway 112 in Austin and Eastman
• Repairs to Highway 117 in Rouyn-Noranda
• Repairs to Highway 105 in La Pêche
• Repairs to Highway 202 in St Pierre de Véronne à Pike River, Stanbridge Station and Bedford township
• Repairs to Highway 117 in Moncerf-Lytton
• Repairs to Highway 30 westbound, from Highway 10 to Chambly Road
• Repairs to Highway 317 in St Sixte and Lochaber
• Raising the profile of, and building a corrective layer and a wearing course on, a 3.98-km stretch of Highway 381 in the municipality of Ferland et Boilleau
• Repairs to Highway 155, from KM 228.3 to KM 230, in the municipality of Lac Bouchette
• Resurfacing of Highway 169 between Val Jalbert and Chambord - phase 1
• Resurfacing of Highway 113 between Chapais and the Highway 167 intersection
• Resurfacing on a 5-km stretch of Highway 167 in the municipalities of Roberval and Chambord
• Wearing course on a 6-km stretch of Highway 20 westbound near the Nicolet River
• Rebuilding of Highway 259 in the Nicolet urban area
• Wearing course on Highway 40 westbound between the Livernoche exit and the Rivière du Loup bridge in the municipality of Louiseville
• Wearing course on a 6-km stretch of Highway 153 in the municipality of Lac aux Sables
• Rebuilding of Principale Street in the St Rémi de Tingwick urban area
• Wearing course on St Thomas Road in the municipality of St Étienne de Grès
• Wearing course on a 2.5-km stretch of Highway 157 in Trois Rivières
• Wearing course on Highway 40 eastbound and westbound in Trois Rivières between the Des Récollets exit and Highway 55
• Wearing course on Highway 40 westbound in the municipality of Maskinongé between the rest area and the Livernoche exit
• Wearing course on a 4.3-km stretch of Highway 352 in Trois Rivières
• Reinforcement of the roadway on Highway 173 north of the municipality of Notre Dame des Pins
• Wearing course on a 6.2-km stretch of Highway 269 in the municipality of St Sylvestre
• Asphalt repairs on a 5.6-km stretch of Highway 321 in the municipality of Nominingue
• Asphalt repairs on a 4.6-km stretch of Highway 327 in the municipality of Montcalm
• Asphalt repairs on a 5-km stretch of Highway 131 in the municipality of St Zénon
• Repairs to a 8.6-km stretch of roadway on Highway 291 in the municipality of St Épiphane and St François Xavier de Viger.
• Repairs to a 5.5-km stretch of roadway on Highway 132 in the municipality of Gaspé (Penouille sector)
• Repairs to a 3.5-km stretch of roadway on Highway 293 in the municipality of St Cyprien
• Repairs to a 3.5-km stretch of roadway on Perreault Road eastbound in the municipalities of St Flavie and Mont Joli
• Repairs to a 3.5-km stretch of roadway on Highway 234 (western section) in the municipality of St Angèle de Mérici
• Repairs to a 3.3-km stretch of roadway on Rang Tom Fox in the municipality of Pohénégamook
• Repairs to the roadway of Highway 291 in the municipality of St Honoré de Témiscouata
• Redevelopment of intersections on a 3.2-km stretch of Highway 440 in Laval
• Rebuilding of Bridge P-01870B on Highway 169 in the unorganized territory of Lac Achouakan
• Rebuilding of Bridge P-01870B on Highway 172 in the municipality of St Ambroise
• Repairs to Bridge P-03348 over the Saguenay River in Saguenay
• Repairs to Bridge P-03709 on Boudreault Avenue in the municipality of Alma
• Repairs to Bridge P-03724 on St André Street in the municipality of Métabétchouan–Lac à la Croix
• Repairs to a 2.5-km stretch of roadway on Highway 169 in the municipality of Hébertville
• Repairs to a 7.3-km stretch of roadway on Chemin Kempt in the municipalities of St Octave de Métis and Padoue
• Wearing course and planing of a 5.4-km stretch of Highway 31 in the municipalities of St Thomas, Lavaltrie and Joliette
• Wearing course on a 6-km stretch of Highway 20 in the municipality of Vaudreuil–Dorion
• Correction of a substandard curve in Anse à Jobin
• Rebuilding of Bridge P-0034A on Highway 113 in the municipality of Baie James
• Wearing course on Highway 138, Petite Rivière St François
• Widening of Highway 138
• Chemin du Hibou and First Avenue in Stoneham
• Repairs to Highway 362
• Wearing course on Highway 381, north of St Urbain
• Construction of an auxiliary lane for slow-moving vehicles on Highway 138 east of St Hilarion
• Roadway resurfacing and paving of shoulders on Highway 169 in the unorganized territory of Lac Jacques Cartier

Cultural infrastructure improvements, repairs and construction

• Drummondville Cultural Centre
• Expansion of the Monique Corriveau Library

Municipal infrastructure improvements, repairs and construction

• Replacement of sanitary and storm sewers in Milan
• Development of Kénogami's downtown
• Modification of water and sewer infrastructure in Plaisance
• Repairs to and expansion of the multipurpose municipal building in St Flavien
• Reinforcement of the major water system pipes in Quebec City
• Construction of a multi-generational training centre in L'Ancienne-Lorette
• Replacement of sewer pipes, Maizerets district of Quebec City
• East-west link between Montolieu Street and the Laurentian Autoroute in Quebec City

* The details about many of these projects will be announced in the next few days.