Creating jobs and investing in school maintenance in Brooks

Alberta’s Government is creating 20 jobs in Brooks by investing in wastewater improvement projects.

As part of Alberta’s Municipal Sustainability Initiative, the City of Brooks is receiving $3,331,000, including $1,110,222 in provincial funding, for the Brooks Sanitary Wastewater Replacement and Hort Lift Station Connection. This will create 20 wellpaying jobs today for people in Brooks.

Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo was joined by Minister of Infrastructure Prasad Panda in the City of Brooks to announce the new investment. The project includes increasing the size of the main wastewater line, installing a new connection vault at the main lift station for the region, and creating a new sanitary dump station for the region. This update will serve Brooks residents and the surrounding area, including visitors to provincial parks in the region.

“I am pleased to see this job-creating investment being made in the City of Brooks. While few of us notice it, wastewater infrastructure is essential to our everyday lives. The Brooks Sanitary Wastewater Replacement and Hort Lift Station Connection project will bring jobs to Brooks and ensure our community infrastructure remains strong for years to come.” Michaela Glasgo, MLA for Brooks-Medicine Hat

MLA Glasgo and Minister Panda also toured the sites of two schools to be built in the area, the Tilley School Replacement Project and the École Le Ruisseau Replacement Project. Combined, this investment in Alberta’s schools accounts for nearly $27 million in infrastructure spending and will create 150 well-paying jobs for hard-working Albertans.

All new investments in municipal infrastructure are part of the more than $10 billion infrastructure spending announced as part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan. This plan is a bold long-term strategy to build Alberta’s infrastructure, diversify the economy, and immediately create tens of thousands of jobs for Albertans.