Provincial funding announced for Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater Line
Central Alberta municipalities seeking help with wastewater infrastructure are getting it from the provincial government.
Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason was in Sylvan Lake on Monday morning to announce $131 million in grants to rural water projects, the largest being the $41.2 million fifth phase of the Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater Line.
The province is contributing $37 million to the line, with the remaining $4 million to come from the member municipalities of the Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater Commission – the Town of Sylvan Lake, the nearby five summer villages, as well as Red Deer County and Lacombe County.
The line, which will stretch from Sylvan Lake along Highway 11A to the City of Red Deer’s wastewater treatment plant, is something Mason says will protect the town’s lake.