Saskatchewan communities receive $73.5 million for infrastructure upgrades

Ten Saskatchewan communities will share more than $73.5 million in federal and provincial funding for infrastructure projects intended to support housing and community growth.

• Yorkton: Phase 1 upgrades to the H.M. Bailey Water Pollution Control Plant will increase treatment capacity and could support growth equivalent to 7,150 additional housing units.
• La Ronge: 860 metres of sewer main will connect sites for two apartment buildings, enabling about 124 housing units.
• Other projects: Water treatment upgrades in Shellbrook and Arcola; wastewater expansion in Estevan; water improvements in Swift Current; water and sewer expansion in Big River; an infrastructure plan in Naicam; flood mitigation and drainage work in Warman; and a lagoon expansion study in the Rural Municipality of St. Louis No. 431.