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This is the largest investment lakeshore ever.
Essex County’s easternmost municipality will receive approximately $37 million from the Canadian Housing Infrastructure Fund to advance projects in its water and wastewater masterplan, Irek Kusmierczyk, a member of the Tecumseh Parliament, announced.
“I’m walking on the clouds,” Lakeshore Mayor Tracey Bailey told the Star.
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“We have challenged the wastewater system. We have sanitary restrictions. We have transportation restrictions – we have many residents who have experienced something like flooded basements that are completely unacceptable to them.
“This saved Lakeshore City taxpayers $37 million, addressing this issue, which could have improved our work for 10 years.”
For its part, municipalities will spend $55 million on these projects, including:
- From Puce Road to Denis St.
- Expand the capacity of the two pump stations;
- Install new trunk sewers on county 22, from the old Tecumseh Road to Puce Road.
- Install new torso sewers and troops along ROAT 22 along ROAT 22.
- Replace 400 meters of pipe from Patillo Road, from Premium Boulevard to Silver Creek Industrial Drive
- Replace the 1.1 km pipeline along Amy Croft Drive from Commercial Boulevard to West Pike Drive
“I am proud to deliver the largest federal investment in Lakeshore’s history that will unlock thousands of homes for working families, seniors, and young people, and will create thousands of jobs by unlocking major manufacturing investment in Lakeshore’s industrial park and employment lands. It’s time to build, and today, with this historical housing and infrastructure investment, we unlock Lakeshore’s full potential,” Kusmierczyk said at St. Clair on Saturday’s Coast Park.
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While investment will support growth, Bailey said they will also benefit existing residents.
“My focus is on addressing the current situation of the residents who live here today,” Bailey said.
The Council adopted the Lakeshore Master Plan for Water and Wastewater in October 2024, which will guide key water and wastewater infrastructure investments over the next two decades, with a total cost of $465 million when adjusted for inflation and other factors.
Earlier this year, Lakeshore also received more than $7 million from the Canadian Housing Accelerator Government earlier this year to help municipalities prepare for the infrastructure of new homes over the next decade.
Under Canadian Infrastructure and Community Housing, the Canadian Housing Infrastructure Fund aims to accelerate the construction and upgrading of drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste infrastructure that supports housing.
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