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Building stronger communities across Newfoundland and Labrador with federal Gas Tax Fund
First of two annual funding transfers now available for more than 275 municipalities and Inuit Community Governments across the province
ST. JOHN'S, Aug. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - Investing in modern, efficient public infrastructure is key to promoting economic growth, strengthening the middle class and developing healthy sustainable communities.
The Government of Canada delivered the first of two $16.4 million annual installments of the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) to Newfoundland and Labrador. In total, the province will be provided with over $32.8 million this year through the fund.
The GTF is a long-term, indexed source of funding that supports local infrastructure projects across the province each year. Burnt Islands will replace old water culverts as part of an emergency preparedness project to prevent future flooding and protect the local environment. The Town of Heart's Content will upgrade parking facilities at the heritage lighthouse to better accommodate growing tourism. Mount Moriah will use gas tax funds to enlarge its water system to provide clean drinking water to residents and businesses. In Labrador, Cartwright is upgrading its wastewater lift station to keep the local environment and waterways clean.
Drinking water and wastewater systems, culture and tourism infrastructure, and disaster mitigation are only four of the 18 project categories eligible for funding under the program. This wide range demonstrates the flexibility of the GTF in allowing communities to direct their allocations to their most pressing local needs.
Quotes
"Local governments know best what their communities need, and the Government of Canada is proud to deliver stable, long-term funding that they count on to develop and maintain their public infrastructure. By investing in our communities, the Government of Canada is promoting economic growth and environmental sustainability, strengthening the middle class and helping ensure all Canadians have access to the opportunities they need to succeed.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
"Through Federal-Provincial cooperation on this fund we are continuing to enhance vital infrastructure, and ensure safe and sustainable communities across Newfoundland and Labrador. We are pleased to see residents of municipalities and Inuit Community Governments continue to benefit from this Federal fund, and we look forward to accessing further federal support in future to advance even more projects in communities across our province."
The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, Newfoundland and Labrador
Quick Facts
- The two federal Gas Tax Fund installments for this year flow to communities through the provincial government under the Investing in Canada plan.
- Communities can invest across 18 different project categories. They can also use the funds immediately for priority projects, bank them for later use, pool the dollars with other communities for shared infrastructure projects or use them to finance major infrastructure expenditures.
- Through its Investing in Canada plan, the Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada's rural and northern communities.
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2018-2019 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations in Newfoundland and Labrador by community:
Backgrounder
Newfoundland and Labrador's 2018-19 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations
The Government of Canada delivered the first of two annual $16.4 million federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) installments to Newfoundland and Labrador. The funding will flow through the provincial government to 271 municipalities and 5 Inuit Community Governments on a per capita basis. In total, the GTF will provide over $32.8 million this year for local infrastructure projects.
2018-19 GTF allocations per community1
|
Ultimate Recipient |
Allocation 2018-19 |
|
Admirals Beach |
$15,264 |
|
Anchor Point |
$22,992 |
|
Appleton |
$36,215 |
|
Aquaforte |
$12,137 |
|
Arnold's Cove |
$52,654 |
|
Avondale |
$36,840 |
|
Badger |
$43,854 |
|
Baie Verte |
$69,630 |
|
Baine Harbour |
$14,549 |
|
Bauline |
$26,164 |
|
Bay Bulls |
$65,743 |
|
Bay de Verde |
$26,208 |
|
Bay L'Argent |
$21,160 |
|
Bay Roberts |
$268,332 |
|
Baytona |
$20,222 |
|
Beachside |
$15,130 |
|
Bellburns |
$11,199 |
|
Belleoram |
$26,700 |
|
Birchy Bay |
$33,713 |
|
Bird Cove |
$16,559 |
|
Bishop's Cove |
$20,714 |
|
Bishop's Falls |
$157,679 |
|
Bonavista |
$168,758 |
|
Botwood |
$142,803 |
|
Branch |
$19,463 |
|
Brent's Cove |
$16,515 |
|
Brighton |
$16,068 |
|
Brigus |
$41,933 |
|
Bryant's Cove |
$26,119 |
|
Buchans |
$39,521 |
|
Burgeo |
$73,829 |
|
Burin |
$116,714 |
|
Burlington |
$24,019 |
|
Burnt Islands |
$37,510 |
|
Campbellton |
$31,658 |
|
Cape Broyle |
$31,033 |
|
Cape St. George |
$50,823 |
|
Carbonear |
$220,131 |
|
Carmanville |
$41,352 |
|
Cartwright |
$30,944 |
|
Centreville-Wareham-Trinity |
$60,293 |
|
Chance Cove |
$21,026 |
|
Change Islands |
$19,910 |
|
Channel-Port aux Basques |
$194,712 |
|
Chapel Arm |
$29,335 |
|
Charlottetown (Labrador) |
$22,188 |
|
Clarenville |
$278,071 |
|
Clarke's Beach |
$70,791 |
|
Coachman's Cove |
$12,539 |
|
Colinet |
$13,343 |
|
Colliers |
$37,510 |
|
Come By Chance |
$19,463 |
|
Comfort Cove-Newstead |
$28,576 |
|
Conception Bay South |
$1,118,445 |
|
Conception Harbour |
$39,565 |
|
Conche |
$16,515 |
|
Cook's Harbour |
$16,291 |
|
Cormack |
$35,456 |
|
Corner Brook |
$896,781 |
|
Cottlesville |
$20,580 |
|
Cow Head |
$29,648 |
|
Cox's Cove |
$37,913 |
|
Crow Head |
$17,497 |
|
Cupids |
$42,424 |
|
Daniel's Harbour |
$20,267 |
|
Deer Lake |
$231,567 |
|
Dover |
$38,493 |
|
Eastport |
$29,961 |
|
Elliston |
$23,483 |
|
Embree |
$39,297 |
|
Englee |
$34,473 |
|
English Harbour East |
$14,996 |
|
Fermeuse |
$22,858 |
|
Ferryland |
$29,201 |
|
Flatrock |
$73,516 |
|
Fleur de Lys |
$20,267 |
|
Flower's Cove |
$22,188 |
|
Fogo Island |
$115,419 |
|
Forteau |
$27,593 |
|
Fortune |
$72,846 |
|
Fox Cove-Mortier |
$23,305 |
|
Fox Harbour |
$20,490 |
|
Frenchman's Cove |
$16,112 |
|
Gallants |
$11,065 |
|
Gambo |
$97,059 |
|
Gander |
$502,236 |
|
Garnish |
$32,775 |
|
Gaskiers Point La Haye |
$18,837 |
|
Gaultois |
$16,425 |
|
Gillams |
$26,610 |
|
Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook |
$19,954 |
|
Glenwood |
$43,765 |
|
Glovertown |
$103,223 |
|
Goose Cove East |
$17,855 |
|
Grand Bank |
$116,312 |
|
Grand Falls-Windsor |
$621,556 |
|
Grand Le Pierre |
$20,044 |
|
Greenspond |
$22,054 |
|
Hampden |
$28,844 |
|
Hant's Harbour |
$23,885 |
|
Happy Adventure |
$18,212 |
|
Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
$345,794 |
|
Harbour Breton |
$84,863 |
|
Harbour Grace |
$148,298 |
|
Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview |
$56,809 |
|
Hare Bay |
$54,486 |
|
Hawke's Bay |
$23,528 |
|
Heart's Content |
$25,181 |
|
Heart's Delight-Islington |
$39,878 |
|
Heart's Desire |
$18,391 |
|
Hermitage-Sandyville |
$28,531 |
|
Holyrood |
$97,550 |
|
Howley |
$18,301 |
|
Hughes Brook |
$18,748 |
|
Humber Arm South |
$83,523 |
|
Indian Bay |
$16,202 |
|
Inuit Community Government of Hopedale |
$33,267 |
|
Inuit Community Government of Makkovik |
$24,556 |
|
Inuit Community Government of Nain |
$61,500 |
|
Inuit Community Government of Postville |
$17,631 |
|
Inuit Community Government Rigolet |
$22,099 |
|
Irishtown-Summerside |
$72,221 |
|
Isle aux Morts |
$36,081 |
|
Jackson's Arm |
$22,858 |
|
Keels |
$11,154 |
|
King's Cove |
$13,387 |
|
King's Point |
$38,583 |
|
Kippens |
$89,509 |
|
La Scie |
$48,589 |
|
Labrador City |
$337,529 |
|
Lamaline |
$21,205 |
|
L'Anse au Clair |
$17,006 |
|
L'Anse au Loup |
$32,999 |
|
Lark Harbour |
$31,212 |
|
Lawn |
$38,449 |
|
Leading Tickles |
$23,483 |
|
Lewin's Cove |
$33,222 |
|
Lewisporte |
$164,022 |
|
Little Bay East |
$14,236 |
|
Little Bay Islands |
$12,762 |
|
Little Bay |
$13,253 |
|
Little Burnt Bay |
$21,563 |
|
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove |
$102,151 |
|
Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights |
$21,741 |
|
Lord's Cove |
$16,247 |
|
Lourdes |
$32,194 |
|
Lumsden |
$32,775 |
|
Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North |
$18,257 |
|
Main Brook |
$20,267 |
|
Mary's Harbour |
$25,538 |
|
Marystown |
$254,394 |
|
Massey Drive |
$71,506 |
|
McIvers |
$32,820 |
|
Meadows |
$37,421 |
|
Middle Arm |
$29,693 |
|
Miles Cove |
$14,549 |
|
Millertown |
$12,851 |
|
Milltown-Head of Bay D'Espoir |
$43,675 |
|
Ming's Bight |
$23,305 |
|
Morrisville |
$13,656 |
|
Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St.Catherine's |
$24,422 |
|
Mount Moriah |
$43,497 |
|
Mount Pearl |
$1,093,250 |
|
Musgrave Harbour |
$55,469 |
|
Musgravetown |
$33,267 |
|
New Perlican |
$17,810 |
|
New-Wes-Valley |
$109,612 |
|
Nippers Harbour |
$14,147 |
|
Norman's Cove-Long Cove |
$40,593 |
|
Norris Arm |
$49,170 |
|
Norris Point |
$39,029 |
|
North River |
$33,535 |
|
North West River |
$33,133 |
|
Northern Arm |
$26,164 |
|
Old Perlican |
$37,957 |
|
Pacquet |
$16,649 |
|
Paradise |
$798,905 |
|
Parker's Cove |
$21,875 |
|
Parson's Pond |
$25,538 |
|
Pasadena |
$158,170 |
|
Peterview |
$44,569 |
|
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove |
$49,706 |
|
Pilley's Island |
$21,875 |
|
Pinware |
$13,209 |
|
Placentia |
$171,170 |
|
Point au Gaul |
$12,762 |
|
Point Lance |
$13,790 |
|
Point Leamington |
$36,081 |
|
Point May |
$18,837 |
|
Point of Bay |
$15,532 |
|
Pool's Cove |
$16,559 |
|
Port Anson |
$15,800 |
|
Port au Choix |
$45,909 |
|
Port au Port East |
$35,143 |
|
Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove |
$28,397 |
|
Port Blandford |
$30,006 |
|
Port Hope Simpson |
$28,129 |
|
Port Kirwan |
$11,333 |
|
Port Rexton |
$23,528 |
|
Port Saunders |
$39,565 |
|
Portugal Cove South |
$15,576 |
|
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's |
$337,485 |
|
Pouch Cove |
$91,787 |
|
Raleigh |
$17,408 |
|
Ramea |
$31,926 |
|
Red Bay |
$17,095 |
|
Red Harbour |
$16,961 |
|
Reidville |
$29,604 |
|
Rencontre East |
$14,728 |
|
Renews-Cappahayden |
$22,277 |
|
River of Ponds |
$18,614 |
|
Riverhead |
$17,899 |
|
Robert's Arm |
$44,479 |
|
Rocky Harbour |
$52,163 |
|
Roddickton-Bide Arm |
$55,647 |
|
Rose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou |
$28,755 |
|
Rushoon |
$21,294 |
|
Salmon Cove |
$39,476 |
|
Salvage |
$14,504 |
|
Sandringham |
$20,669 |
|
Sandy Cove |
$14,326 |
|
Seal Cove, F.B |
$20,178 |
|
Seal Cove, W.B |
$22,009 |
|
Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead- |
$25,806 |
|
South Brook |
$30,184 |
|
South River |
$37,689 |
|
Southern Harbour |
$32,284 |
|
Spaniard's Bay |
$125,560 |
|
Springdale |
$138,291 |
|
St. Alban's |
$63,510 |
|
St. Anthony |
$116,446 |
|
St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine |
$29,425 |
|
St. Brendan's |
$14,996 |
|
St. Bride's |
$22,188 |
|
St. George's |
$62,348 |
|
St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove |
$36,036 |
|
St. John's |
$4,751,372 |
|
St. Joseph's |
$13,566 |
|
St. Lawrence |
$64,001 |
|
St. Lewis |
$17,676 |
|
St. Lunaire-Griquet |
$37,957 |
|
St. Mary's |
$28,040 |
|
St. Pauls |
$19,954 |
|
St. Shott's |
$12,047 |
|
St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River |
$23,617 |
|
Steady Brook |
$26,655 |
|
Stephenville Crossing |
$92,189 |
|
Stephenville |
$308,582 |
|
Summerford |
$46,534 |
|
Sunnyside |
$28,621 |
|
Terra Nova |
$12,137 |
|
Terrenceville |
$32,105 |
|
Tilt Cove |
$8,652 |
|
Torbay |
$338,870 |
|
Traytown |
$21,071 |
|
Trepassey |
$33,892 |
|
Trinity Bay North |
$90,045 |
|
Trinity |
$14,549 |
|
Triton |
$53,012 |
|
Trout River |
$34,160 |
|
Twillingate |
$109,790 |
|
Upper Island Cove |
$79,636 |
|
Victoria |
$87,231 |
|
Wabana |
$113,230 |
|
Wabush |
$91,564 |
|
West St. Modeste |
$13,790 |
|
Westport |
$18,257 |
|
Whitbourne |
$49,349 |
|
Whiteway |
$21,518 |
|
Winterland |
$24,645 |
|
Winterton |
$30,050 |
|
Witless Bay |
$60,561 |
|
Woodstock |
$16,917 |
|
Woody Point |
$20,982 |
|
York Harbour |
$23,930 |
|
1 Amounts listed exclude administrative costs. | ||
For more information on the Gas Tax Fund, please visit: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html
For more information on the federal Gas Tax Fund in Newfoundland Labrador, please visit: http://www.mae.gov.nl.ca/for/gta.html
Associated links
Investing in Canada, Canada's long-term infrastructure plan: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/icp-publication-pic-eng.html
Federal infrastructure investments in Newfoundland and Labrador: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/map-carte/nl-eng.html
The federal Gas Tax Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html
The federal Gas Tax Fund in Newfoundland and Labrador: http://www.mae.gov.nl.ca/for/gta.html
Twitter: @INFC_eng
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