News Release: Province provides funding to improve safety on Prince Edward County highway

For Immediate Release
July 17, 2002

Province provides funding to improve safety on Prince Edward County highway

PRINCE EDWARD — Transportation Minister Norm Sterling today announced funding support of $243,000 for a resurfacing project in Prince Edward County.

The funding will pay for 90 per cent of costs for drainage and safety improvements on Highway 33 (West Main Street) in Picton from Talbot Street to Cold Storage Road.

"This project is a prime example of the province and municipalities working successfully together toward common goals," Sterling said. "These improvements will provide local residents, businesses and visitors with safe and efficient thoroughfares for years to come."

This funding is part of the Ministry of Transportation's $16 million, 2002/2003 Connecting Links program that assists municipalities with capital projects on local roads that connect provincial highways.

The investment is part of the government's five-year, $20-billion SuperBuild initiative designed to facilitate the largest infrastructure-building program in Ontario's history. Since 1995, the Ontario government has invested more than $6.5 billion in highway capital projects.