2008CS0077-001007 June 27, 2008 BACKGROUNDER Ministry of Community Development Western Economic Diversification Canada Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 103 PROJECTS BENEFIT BRITISH COLUMBIANS Abbotsford Abbotsford-James Treatment Plant Bio Solids Dewatering $2,170,000 Anmore Anmore - East Road Reconstruction - Ph 1 $1,500,000 Belcarra Belcarra - Potable Water Supply and Distribution $4,035,266 Burns Lake Burns Lake - 5th Avenue Water Reservoir Exterior Remediation Project $80,166 Burton Community Hall Association Burton Community Hall Broadband - Phase 2 $17,450 Capital Regional Saturna Island - Lyall Harbour/Boot Cover Water Treatment System Upgrade $852,800 Cariboo Regional Quesnel - Arts and Recreation Centre Energy Retrofit $258,580 Cariboo Regional Alexis Creek Community Water System $1,123,256 Cariboo Regional 100 Mile House Library Expansion and Energy Efficiency Improvements $1,468,992 Central Saanich Senanus Watermain $1,126,666 Chase Chase - Waste Water Lift Station $489,332 Peace River Regional Chetwynd & Multipurpose Complex Upgrade Project Chilliwack Chilliwack - Evans Road Connector Columbia Shuswap Regional Lakemount Shuswap Water System $633,332 Comox Comox Traffic Circle $1,309,316 Regional of Comox- Strathcona East Courtenay Reservoir $2,666,666 Coquitlam Public Library Coquitlam CPL Poirier Branch Renovations
- 2 - Cowichan Valley Regional Duncan - Dogwood Ridge Water System Improvements $266,666 Cranbrook Cranbrook-Kimberley Rails to Trails $1,885,332 Dawson Creek Dawson Creek - City Hall Energy Improvements $416,660 Edgewood Community Internet Society Edgewood - Inonoaklin Valley Edgewood Areas Broadband - Phase 2 $15,304 Enderby Enderby Roadway Improvement Project $1,213,404 Esquimalt Esquimalt - Craigflower Road Corridor Improvements - Phase1 Fauquier Communication Centre Society Fauquier - Expansion and Improvement of the Fauquier Broadband System $14,510 Fort Nelson Fort Nelson Sewer Rehabilitation $1,329,998 Fort St. James Fort St. James - Stuart Drive Sidewalk Upgrade and Expansion $171,738 Fort St. John Fort St. John - Provincial Energy Interpretive Centre Fraser Ft. George Regional Fraser Fort George -Summit Lake Sewer System $1,662,894 Fraser Valley Regional Area A - Boston Bar Water System Integration $1,362,374 Gibsons Gibsons - Water System Fire Protection and Reliability Improvements $896,474 Gold River Gold River - Dogwood Sewer Lift Station Replacement $241,258 Golden Golden - Wastewater Treatment Plant Emergency Standby Power $80,000 Grand Forks Grand Forks - Park and Lift Station $586,666 Greater Vancouver Regional Delta/South Surrey Regional Greenway Pedestrian Overpass $433,332 Greenwood Greenwood - Upgrade City Roads $190,834 Harrison Hot Springs Harrison Hot Springs - Sewer Line to of Kent $2,720,000 Houston Houston - Geoexchange Heating System $1,578,000 Kamloops Kamloops - North Westsyde and Noble Creek Area Water System Improvements $4,480,666 Kent Kent - Agassiz Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades $475,932 Keremeos Keremeos - Upper Bench Sewer System Phase 2 $685,312
- 3 - Kimberley Kimberley - Construction of Conference Centre Kitimat Kitimat - Sewer Lining Project $631,666 Ladysmith Ladysmith - Chemainus Road Upgrade $1,800,000 Lake Country Lake Country - Winfield Multipurpose Centre Expansion Langford Langford - New City Centre Park $1,376,666 Langley Township () East Langley-GVRD Sewer Connection $6,000,000 Lantzville Lantzville - Sanitary Sewer Collection System, Phase 2 $3,199,102 Lillooet North Lillooet Water Supply $380,000 Maple Ridge Maple Ridge - Abernethy Connector Road Realignment Mission Mission - Landfill Leachate Treatment Facility $3,646,666 Nakusp Nakusp - Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrade $647,380 Nanaimo Nanaimo - Comox Road Upgrade $790,718 Nelson Nelson - Water Distribution System Upgrades - Willow PRV Feedline and Galvanized Iron Pipe Replacement $1,066,666 New Marine Centre Society at Sidney Sidney - New Marine Centre North Cowichan Chemainus/Crofton STP Biosolids Processing Facility $3,000,000 North Okanagan Regional Vernon - Duteau Creek Resevoir $3,326,436 North Vancouver Library Solar Water Installation $204,152 North Vancouver North Vancouver - Energy Efficiencies Improvements to the Capilano Branch Library Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association Okanagan Similkameen Regional Port Hardy - New Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre $454,000 Northwest Osoyoos Sanitary Sewer $4,514,466 Oliver Oliver Rural Area Water System Twinning Project, Phase 2 $3,880,000 Parksville Springwood Water Supply Complex Upgrade $452,000 Peachland Peachland Lake Source Improvements and Water System Integration $2,984,490
- 4 - Pemberton Pemberton New Water Supply $355,500 Peninsula Recreation Commission North Saanich - Panorama Recreation Facility Expansion Port Alberni Port Alberni - Argyle Street Sewage Pump Station Upgrade $530,000 Port Clements Port Clements - Upgrade Public Water Supply and Treatment $652,906 Port Hardy Port Hardy - Wastewater Lift Station Upgrades $819,332 Prince George Prince George - Community Energy System $5,334,000 Prince George Prince George - Cameron Street Bridge Rehabilitation Princeton Princeton - Water System Extension to East Princeton $1,726,000 Quesnel Renewal of West Quesnel Sanitary Force Main $460,000 Regional of Central Kootenay Creston and Community Complex Expansion Regional of Kitimat- Stikine North Terrace/Brauns Island Phase One Water Extension $2,066,000 Rossland Rossland - Upper Murphy Creek Water Intake $345,332 Saanich Saanich - Cordova Bay Community Centre Additions $830,000 Saanich Gordon Head Community Recreation Centre Renovation Salmon Arm Salmon Arm Salmon Arm - Construction of Water Reclamation Facility at Wastewater Treatment Plant Salmon Arm - 20/21 Street NE - Trans Canada Highway Interchange $100,000 Sicamous Sicamous - Two Mile Water Upgrade $454,000 Sicamous Sicamous - Mara Low Lift Pumphouse Reconstruction $330,666 Skeena Queen Charlotte Skeena Queen Charlotte -Dodge Cove Water Improvement $533,332 Regional Slocan Slocan - Environmental Energy Improvement Project $136,000 Smithers Smithers Regional Airport Runway Extension St Michael's Anglican Church Merritt - St. Michael's Hall Addition Project $166,034 Summerland Summerland-Water Supply Expansion $3,199,056 Sunshine Coast Regional Sechelt - Sunshine Coast Regional - Systematic Approach to Capital Asset Management $116,034
- 5 - Surrey Surrey - Newton Athletic Park -New Artificial Turf Field $1,441,142 Surrey Surrey - Newton Recreation Centre Addition $1,996,566 Thompson-Nicola Regional Tsu-ma-as Transformation Society Pritchard Community Sewer System $156,666 Barriere - Maple Mission Community Water System $99,812 Loon Lake Waterworks System Upgrade $54,166 Savona Water System Upgrade $730,666 North Kamloops Library Construction Port Alberni - Tsu-ma-as Transformation Centre $1,783,832 Ucluelet Ucluelet - New Community Centre Hub Valemount Valemount - New Water Treatment Facility $1,933,332 Vanderhoof Vanderhoof Water Treatment Plant $1,000,000 Victoria Victoria Conference Centre Expansion Warfield Warfield - New Water Supply $2,506,800 White Rock-Peace Arch Curling Club White Rock - Peace Arch Curling Club $1,443,650 Williams Lake Williams Lake Overall Stormwater Management Project Phase 2 $483,330 Yahk Area Communications Society Media Contact: Marc Black Ministry of Community Development 250 387-4089 Yahk Area Communications Broadband Connectivity $75,000-30- Jackie Stewart Western Economic Diversification Canada 604 666-7543 For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province s website at www.gov.bc.ca.