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ONTARIO INVESTS $9.6M IN RUSSELL TOWNSHIP WATER
GABRIELLE VINETTE gabriellevinette@eap.on.ca
The Ontario government is investing $9.6 million to upgrade water and storm systems in Embrun, paving the way for new housing and sustainable community growth. The funding comes through the Housing- &OBCMJOH8BUFS4ZTUFNT'VOE )&84' part of the province’s Municipal Housing *OGSBTUSVDUVSF1SPHSBN .)*1 The project includes the reconstruction of storm sewers and the installation of a new watermain along 2.5 kilometres of /PUSF%BNF4USFFU GSPNUIF4U(VJMMBVNF roundabout eastward. These upgrades are FYQFDUFEUPTUSFOHUIFO&NCSVOTXBUFSBOE TUPSNXBUFSTZTUFNTXIJMFTVQQPSUJOHUIF township’s long-term development goals. “This investment is about more than in- frastructure. It is about supporting the fami- lies of Russell Township and preparing our DPNNVOJUZGPSUIFGVUVSF uTBJE4UÊQIBOF 4BSSB[JO .11GPS(MFOHBSSZm1SFTDPUUm3VT - TFMMi#ZVQHSBEJOHUIFXBUFSBOETUPSN TZTUFNT XFBSFMBZJOHUIFGPVOEBUJPOGPS OFXIPNFTXIJMFQSPUFDUJOHUIFRVBMJUZPG life that residents value so much. These JNQSPWFNFOUTXJMMOPUPOMZTVQQPSUHSPXUI CVUBMTPFOTVSFUIBUPVSDPNNVOJUZSFNBJOT TBGF SFTJMJFOU BOESFBEZGPSHFOFSBUJPOT UPDPNFu .JLF5BSOPXTLJ .BZPSPG3VTTFMM5PXO - TIJQ XFMDPNFEUIFBOOPVODFNFOU DBMM - JOHJUBiIJTUPSJDuJOWFTUNFOUi 5IJT JTB
Ontario MPP Stéphane Sarrazin joins Russell Township Mayor Mike Tarnowski and UCPR Warden Yves Laviolette to announce $9.6 million in provincial funding for Embrun’s water and storm system upgrades. (Russell Township)
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