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• Approximately $181 million for renewal projects to reduce deferred
maintenance on provincial and third-party assets and reduce operating
costs through energy efficiency. This includes new allocations of $100
million for health and $25.9 million for education, with the remainder
addressing priority projects in various other ministries and agencies.
• $150 million in a per capita payment through a new Municipal
Economic Enhancement Program to support infrastructure projects in
communities across the province.
$2.7 billion of capital funding
announced March 18, 2020
Announced on March 18, in the Government’s 2020–21 estimates, the
$2.7 billion of previously committed capital funding includes the announcement
of a number of important infrastructure projects across
Saskatchewan, including $980.7 million of executive government spending
and $1.75 billion of Crown sector spending.
Specific projects included:
• $130.4 million in education capital funding for seven new school
projects and three major renovation projects. Projects include a new
joint-use elementary school in Harbour Landing in Regina, as well
as a joint-use consolidation of St. Peter, St. Michael and Imperial
elementary schools in Regina. Other new school projects include St.
Frances Elementary School in Saskatoon, the consolidation of Princess
Alexandra, King George and Pleasant Hill elementary schools in
Saskatoon and a new consolidated elementary and high school in Carrot
River.
• $142 million in health care capital spending – including $15 million to
support the planning, design and procurement activities for the more
than $300 million project for a renewed and expanded Prince Albert
Victoria Hospital; a $15.7 million investment to continue construction
of a new, 72-bed long-term seniors care facility in Meadow Lake; and
$4 million for diagnostic imaging equipment, including $2.0 million to
fulfil government’s commitment for a new CT scanner in Melfort.
• $377.5 million for transportation infrastructure, including $357.6
million for more than 1,000 kilometres of improvements to the
highway system, including 24 sets of passing lanes and various safety
improvements throughout the province; the second year of the five-year
$65 million Enhanced Intersection Safety Program; and$19.9 million
for strategic municipal infrastructure such as the Rural Integrated Roads
for Growth; urban connectors; and community airports.
• $165.7 million for municipal infrastructure, comprised of transfers to
municipalities including the Gas Tax Fund ($62.6 million), Investing
in Canada Infrastructure Program ($56 million), New Building Canada
Fund ($45 million), transit assistance for people with disabilities ($0.8
million), Communities in Transition Funding ($0.7 million), and Clean
Water and Waste Water Fund ($0.6 million).
Capital injection to have major impact
on municipalities, construction
sector and job creation
Over the next two years, more than $320 million will be provided
for municipal infrastructure through the $150 million Municipal
Economic Enhancement Program, the $130 million Investing in Canada
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