Governments of Canada and Manitoba

approve funding for Medora water supply

BRANDON - May 4, 2009 - Residents of Medora are excited about the installation of a new source of water for their village.  Merv Tweed, MP for Brandon-Souris and Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Ron Lemieux, announced that funding to the RM of Brenda has been approved for the new water line.

“The Government of Canada is committed to helping communities overcome their infrastructure challenges,” said Tweed.  “It is important that communities like Medora, who have been on a boil-water order for years, have the opportunity to enjoy what most of us take for granted.”

The governments of Canada and Manitoba will invest $1.6 million toward the $2.4 million project. 

"I'm pleased to partner with both the federal and various municipal governments on the Building Canada Fund which will provide economic stimulus for our rural communities today and into the future," said Minister Lemieux. "The approved projects will have long lasting economic benefits for these communities."

This project is one of many projects across the province that will break ground quickly thanks to a joint federal-provincial investment. The governments of Canada and Manitoba have taken steps to get shovels in the ground and to flow money faster for targeted infrastructure projects in Manitoba communities in the 2009 and 2010 construction seasons.