Manitoba residents are expected to benefit from improved flood protection and safer highways due to a joint investment by the Government of Canada and the Province.
The majority of funding supports five key infrastructure initiatives including: new hydrometric network infrastructure to improve flood forecasting and emergency flood response; enhancements to provincial flood control works; the addition of gates to the Shellmouth Dam spillway; flood protection initiatives in Melita; and the construction of dikes in various flood prone communities north of Winnipeg.
The $29.7 million flood protection announcement was made Friday by Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba, and Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and the Member of Parliament for Provencher.
At the same time, $10 million in joint funding was also announced towards road improvements, including seal-coating several kilometres of highway pavement per year, over four years. The combined investment total is more than $39 million dollars.