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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca More than$2million in this year’s bud- get for Alfred-Plantagenet Township goes towards road improvements. The capital works portion of the 2021 municipal budget totals $2,928,416. The majority of that fund, at about $2.4 million, concerns either improve- ments to existing roads or buying new equipment to help maintain roads and other infrastructure in the township. The roadwork portion of the capital works budget alone totals about $2 million, and includes $200,000 for a new sand dome for storing sand for future winter road maintenance. Most of the funding alloca- tion, which totals about $1.4 mil- MILLIONS FOR ROADS IN ALFRED-PLANTAGENET BUDGET lion, is for gravelling, paving, and road shoulder improvements. This year’s road work plan for the public works departments includes gravel resurfacing of sections of Con- cession 10, 9, and 7 in Plantagenet, $PODFTTJPOBOEJO8FOEPWFS BOE paving work for Jessop Falls Road and Parent Road in Plantagenet. It also includes some improve- ment work on Pitch Off Road in Plantagenet, along with paving part of the road shoulder of Main Street UISPVHI8FOEPWFS BOEXPSL PO TJEF - walks in the village of Plantagenet. The capital works budget also includes $470,000 dedicated to new equipment purchases for the public works department, including a road shoulder works machine valued at $60,000. Le budget de cette année pour le canton d’Alfred-Plantagenet comprend plus de 2 millions de dollars pour l’amélioration des routes et autres infrastructures. — photo d’archives
COVID-19 FUNDS FOR AMBULANCES
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
The provincial government is provid- ing almost $800,000 in extra funds to Prescott-Russell’s ambulance service for extra expenses last year due to the pandemic. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) received a letter from Susan Pica- rello, assistant deputy minister for health, about $795,164 in extra funding for the regional emergency services department to deal with extra expenses in 2020 because of COVID-19. The money covers the period from March 1 to December 31 when Prescott-Russell paramedics faced increases in their workload UISPVHI BTTJTUJOH UIF &BTUFSO 0OUBSJP )FBMUI6OJU &0)6 PO$07*%DBTFT That included responding to emergencies at local long-term care facilities (LTCs) with confirmed cases of COVID-19, assisting local doctors and nurses with COVID-19 testing of residents and staff at LTCs and senior retirement homes, and other call-outs where the disease might be involved. There was no indication in the letter if similar extra funding would be available for the ambulance service this year. UCPR admi- nistration told council during its February 24 session that the money mentioned in the letter is “one-time only” funding and there is no word yet from the ministry if it would provide extra funds related to the pandemic for local ambulance services.
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