DAVIDSON—At its meeting last Wednesday, Davidson town council decided to tap into the New Building Canada Fund to repair some of the town’s ageing sewer lines.
Council learned that $436.7 million in federal funding over 10 years is available to Saskatchewan communities.
Administrator Gary Edom suggested the town apply for money to install liners inside sewer mains.
He said this is a high priority project for the town.
“I think it’s a long shot, everybody wants it,” Edom said of the town’s odds to receive funding.
Costs to line the sewer mains cost about $49,400 per block. Council decided to apply for $150,000 to cover the costs of repairing three blocks.
“I think it’s great the federal government came out with this,” Mayor Clayton Schneider said.
“We’re getting close to an election year,” Donna Bessey, community development officer, pointed out.
Applications to the provincial-territorial infrastructure component of the New Building Canada Fund are due Jan. 12.