Feds dish out cash for road development, infrastructure maintenance

Southern Alberta Newspapers

The County of Newell and the MD of Taber will each receive $50,000 in federal grants to develop road and infrastructure maintenance programs.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities manages the Government of Canada’s municipal asset management program and announced funding for six locations in Alberta on Dec. 21.

Newell will use the funding to assess the condition of its gravel road network and determine maintenance needs over the next 10 years in order to reduce costs.

Taber will develop a condition assessment system, while the Town of Fort Macleod was also among six grant recipients.