An announcement was made this week regarding funds that will be coming to the Town of Gananoque and the Township of Leeds and Thousand Islands. MPP Steve Clark announced that over $9.2 million dollars through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund, will help renew and rehabilitate local infrastructure in Leeds Grenville Rideau Lakes and Thousand Islands. The Town of Gananoque will receive just over $850,000 with the Township receiving over $414,000. “The allocations announced by the provincial government today will provide welcome and critical
support to rural communities across Leeds and Grenville,” said Steve Clark, MPP for Leeds Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. “I am encouraged to see our government once more demonstrate its support for rural areas and recognize the importance of renewing and expanding
the infrastructure that undergirds Ontario’s economic success. “The funding is part of the provincial government’s investment of $400 million dollars in 2023.
(By: Tim Baltz)
The following communities in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes have been
allocated funding under OCIF:
• Athens Township: $162,846
• Augusta Township: $160,591
• City of Brockville: $1,020,022
• Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Township: $486,079
• Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley: $275,115
• Front of Yonge Township: $100,000
• Town of Gananoque: $851,054
• United Counties of Leeds & Grenville: $4,049,816
• Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands: $414,430
• Village of Merrickville-Wolford: $121,865
• Municipality of North Grenville: $769,981
• Town of Prescott: $475,860
• Township of Rideau Lakes: $307,791
• Village of Westport: $100,000
