Ottawa and Manitoba have signed an infrastructure deal for water and transit projects.
The agreement will see all three levels of government cost share $205 million for 27 initiatives.
including water main, treatment plant and lagoon upgrades for several initiatives.
"This is going to be a huge stimulus that's going to allow us to do more work and get it done as quick as possible," said West St. Paul Mayor Bruce Henley.
Winnipeg will see nearly $80 million of federal and provincial money to expand a transit garage and purchase more buses. Despite the transit cash for Winnipeg, no one from the city, including the mayor, attended the event announcing the deal.
"We were not asked to participate and that's fine, at the end of the day this was a federal, provincial announcement," said Mayor Brian Bowman.
Ottawa is picking up 50 per cent of the funding tab. The Pallister government and cities will split the rest down the middle. Mayor Bowman and other municipal leaders want the province to up its share.
"Obviously there's a lot more work that we all need to collectively do to deal with an infrastructure deficit that is in excess of $7 billion in Winnipeg," said Bowman But the cash-strapped Pallister government says it's still chipping away at a billion dollar deficit left over from the previous government.
"We're confident that this is the right road to take and that we will have greater opportunities for infrastructure funding going forward," said Manitoba Municipal Minister Eileen Clarke.
For more information, head to the government of Canada's website.
