Premier Doug Ford said the $34.9 million he announced today to upgrade the Lively-Walden Wastewater System will help enable more home construction in the city.
The premier said the upgrades to the system will “help enable” the construction of 3,300 new homes in the city.
“We’re working with our municipal partners here in Sudbury and across Ontario to get more homes built faster,” said Ford in a news release. “With billions of dollars in investments in housing-enabling infrastructure, our government is helping get more shovels in the ground to keep the dream of homeownership alive and help more families across Ontario find a home that meets their needs and their budgets.”
The funding is being delivered through the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, which includes $970 million to help municipalities build, repair, rehabilitate and expand drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure that will enable the construction of more homes.
In Greater Sudbury, the funds will upgrade the lift station and make water collection system improvements, as well as expand the Walden Wastewater Treatment Plant itself.
The province allocated an additional $250 million to the billion-dollar Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, funnelling $1.2 billion into the effort to build more homes in Ontario as supply issues continue to linger.
This story will be updated.
