$100 million available for Ottawa sewage upgrades
September 5th, 2008 by Jared Serviss
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-170, on September 4, CBC reported that Ottawa will spend $100 million from three levels of government to upgrade the city’s sewage system and help prevent human waste from fouling the Ottawa River. Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien announced on September 3 that the City will put $35 million of the provincial infrastructure money promised last week by the Ontario Government. In addition, Ottawa city council will be asked to put in $32 million of municipal money to make up the balance. The federal government announced on September 3 that it would put a total of $33 million toward the project. Mayor O’Brien estimated that cleaning up the river will take 10 years and that fixing Ottawa’s sewage system for good would cost $600 million and take years.
(Source: CBC, 3 September 2008)
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