CHRIS LOWREY

PONTIAC April 10, 2019

Municipalities in the federal riding of Pontiac are set to get a piece of the more than $2 billion the federal government is making available to municipalities for infrastructure projects – to the tune of $16.3 million.

The funds will be available to municipalities through the Federal Gas Tax Fund and can be used for a range of projects, from road repairs to cultural and recreational infrastructure.

While the money comes from the federal government, local officials have discretion over where the money gets spent.

“The local elected officials will have more flexibility to achieve their community infrastructure objectives,” Pontiac Liberal MP Will Amos said in a press release. “They are in the best position to decide where and how to invest in infrastructure.”

The City of Gatineau will get most of the region’s funding – it gets more than $11 million of the $16 million available.

The municipalities of the MRC Pontiac will get $1,657,288 total, which will be broken down by population size. The amounts going to the municipalities in the MRC Pontiac range from the $137,083 going to Mansfield et Pontefract to the $64,647 Sheenboro will get.

The Municipality of Pontiac will get $249,031 out of the $1,746,794 going to the MRC des Collines.