Here's what the budget offers in terms of infrastructure spending:
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- Establishing a New Manitoba Innovations Council of business, research and community leaders.
- Increasing funding for the Manitoba Health Research Council to $6 million.
- Proceeding with the $4-billion, 10-year plan to modernize highways and bridges across the province. This year, 1,300 kilometres of road will be upgraded in Manitoba.
- Providing $15 million to increase inspections, maintenance and rehabilitation of provincial bridges.
- Funding for preliminary work on an overpass at PTH 16 and the Trans-Canada Highway.
- Finalizing work on the Red River Floodway expansion project, protecting Manitobans from more than $12 billion in potential damage from a major flood.
- Providing $150 million for rural and northern municipal water and waste-water projects.
- Investing more than $1 billion in protecting Manitoba's water in the coming years by working with other governments.
- Providing one-third of the funding to upgrade Winnipeg's waste-water treatment plants.
- Funding clean drinking water projects in Grandview, Grosse Isle and Melita, and water supply and distribution system upgrades for Hnausa and Watchorn provincial parks.
- Funding waste-water upgrades in communities across Manitoba including The Pas, Roblin, Thicket Portage, Waterhen and Wabowden.
- Upgrading waste-water facilities in provincial parks including Birds Hill, Big Whiteshell and West Hawk.
