Sévigny increases party’s commitment to road infrastructure
Incumbent Sherbrooke Mayor and leader of the Renouveau Sherbrookois Party, Bernard Sévigny, accompanied by Ascot District candidate Robert Pouliot and Lennoxville candidate François-rené Montpetit unveiled his party’s commitment to the maintenance and rehabilitation of the city’s road infrastructure. Sévigny began by recalling efforts made by his administration over the last eight years:
"The rehabilitation of the road network is a daunting task,” he began. “Between 2005 and 2009, the City invested only $19.7 million in pavement rehabilitation, an effort of less than $5 million annually. Then, during Renouveau Sherbrookois’ first mandate, from 2009 to 2013, this increased by 60 per cent. As part of the 2013 campaign, we were committed to investing $40 million in the network; representing 25 per cent more than what had been agreed upon in the first mandate. However, the real investment that was finally achieved from 2013 to 2017 proved to be much greater. In fact, $60 million were injected, almost double what was invested in the previous mandate. In the year 2017 alone, there were 137 projects on the territory of the city of Sherbrooke,"
Ascot candidate Robert Y. Pouliot announced the objective pursued for the period 2017-2021. "Despite the colossal work already done to improve the quality of our roads, we are committed to continuing and expanding these already sustained efforts in infrastructure rehabilitation by investing $70 million over the next four years. This commitment will be achieved to the extent that the City can count on the same level of financial support from the higher levels of government," he said.
Lennoxville candidate Francois-rené Montpetit welcomed the impact of the announcement on infrastructure in the Lennoxville District:
"These tremendous investments will allow us to take a step forward to solve some of the problems we have in Lennoxville, including streets like Conley, Atto, Warren, Charles-lennox and Samuel-gratham," he said.