Province announces $2.4 million for new Tantramar River aboiteau
The province of New Brunswick has announced $2.4 million in funding for the replacement of the aboiteau that empties into the Tantramar River.
Tantramar engineer Jon Eppell says the news is “very positive… This will facilitate phase 3 of the Lorne Street Stormwater Mitigation project and allow discharge of that stormwater effectively to the river.” The project will see a retention pond created near Fleet Street, along with channels connecting it to the St. James Street pond and draining into the Tantramar River when tide levels allow.
Project engineer Pierre Plourde told Sackville town council last July that the current aboiteau built in the 1900’s was too small for the task.
The aboiteau replacement is one of 73 projects funded by the province’s Climate Change Fund. A total of $47 million was committed to the fund in this year’s provincial budget, however the estimated total for projects announced last week is $10 million higher, at $57 million. In a news release the department of environment and local government said it expects enough projects to come in under budget to make up for the $10 million gap.
Eppell says he is waiting to hear on the timeline for the construction of the project, which will be done by the department of transportation and infrastructure.… Continue