A sign welcomes visitors to Fort Macleod on Dec. 16, 2021
A new provincial funding formula change has left some municipalities saying they need more money for infrastructure upgrades.A new provincial funding formula change has left some municipalities saying they need more money for infrastructure upgrades. A provincial funding formula change has left some rural municipalities saying they need more money for infrastructure upgrades., which established a framework for providing infrastructure funding to all Alberta municipalities for 2024-2025.
"We're making really tough decisions in our community," said Westerlund, who is also vice-president of Rural Municipalities of Alberta. "We've got to jump through some bureaucracy, and some red tape sometimes just repairing the culvert can actually set us back a building season because we have to go in and make sure we get the right approvals from Alberta Environment. And this is on existing infrastructure that's probably in place."Glen Ockerman, reeve for the County of St. Paul, said upgrading and replacing a wastewater system, priced at $23 million, is work they cannot undertake without provincial funding.
"Would we love to see the province or the feds put in $10 million and get us really going? Yeah, but that money still has to come from somewhere," said Mayor Brent Feyter.
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