Councillor Charles Pender says the facility is now going to cost $120 million dollars and 6 years ago it was estimated at 90 million.
The issue of the sewage treatment plant, wastewater treatment facility and how to pay for it was discussed during Monday night’s public Corner Brook council meeting. Councillor Charles Pender says the facility is now going to cost $120 million dollars and 6 years ago it was estimated at 90 million. He says the city is obligated to build it but obviously it can’t be done without federal-provincial funding which would cover 70 percent of the cost. Mayor Jim Parsons says it’s a very difficult time now to get funding from different sources. He says the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan expired in 2023 and it funded projects on a municipal, provincial and federal cost share. The Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund came about next and Parsons says it’s more focused on housing. The $100 sewer levy which people in Corner Brook pay is put into a fund which has now accumulated $15 million.
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