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COLCHESTER COUNTY:<\/strong> Sewage collection system improvements in Colchester County will help improve the reliability of services for existing homes and allow for future expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cColchester is a vibrant, proud community with a very bright future ahead \u2013 both for the people living and working here and for those looking for a new place to call home,\u201d said Tom Taggart, MLA for Colchester North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s crucial that this area has the infrastructure in place to continue to thrive and grow, and this investment will help set the course for that bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taggart was making the announcement on behalf of John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”105″] An additional $973,000 will come from the Municipality of Colchester and other sources. ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″] “We are growing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New funding not only stretches our tax dollars to achieve more infrastructure goals, but it assists in our planning for the future.\u201d\u00a0 [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”188″] [adrotate banner=”169″] COLCHESTER COUNTY: Sewage collection system improvements in Colchester County will help improve the reliability of services for existing homes and allow for future expansion. \u201cColchester is a vibrant, proud community with a very bright future ahead \u2013 both for the people living and working here and for those looking for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[1021,48,7100,4331,396],"class_list":["post-47206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brookfield","tag-n-s","tag-sewage-system-improvements","tag-tom-taggart","tag-truro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Pumping stations will be replaced in Lower Truro and Hilden, and 275 metres of sewer pipe will be replaced in Brookfield and Great Village.
The Province will invest $973,000 in the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is part of the Municipal Capital Growth Program, a one-time $102-million investment in projects across Nova Scotia \u2013 a historic provincial investment in municipal infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/strong>\u201cThe Municipality of Colchester welcomes the investments by our provincial government partners in strengthening our infrastructure to support new homes and businesses in our county. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Christine Blair, Mayor, Municipality of Colchester<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n