ORANGEVILLE, ON - Residents of the Township of East Garafraxa will benefit from joint federal, provincial, and municipal funding for road infrastructure, announced today by Member of Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon, David Tilson, at the Town Hall, in Orangeville. This project is just one example of all levels of government committed to and placing shovels in the ground sooner stimulating the Ontario economy by reducing red tape, creating jobs for Ontarians.

This project will provide Local Road Infrastructure improvements. This allocation will go towards the A Line Improvement project.

The governments of Canada and Ontario will each invest up to $114,667 in the project. The Township of East Garafraxa will contribute the balance of the total eligible project cost for a total project cost of $344,000.

“I was pleased to learn that this project in East Garafraxa was given priority by our Government,” said Mr. Tilson. “The Building Canada Program is improving the quality of infrastructure across the riding and province and all of Canada, as we all know you can’t have a strong and prosperous country without strong and healthy communities.”

"We're creating jobs for families and making our communities stronger by investing in infrastructure in rural Ontario," said Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. "This is another example of how the McGuinty government is keeping Ontario moving with targeted investments that matter to people in their everyday lives."

"East Garafraxa is pleased to be able to participate with the Federal and Provincial governments, as an equal partner as we reconstruct the "A" Line, “said Mayor, Allen Taylor. “This project will make that portion of the road safer as well as reducing the dust which is such a nuisance to its neighbours."

This project is one of 289 across the province that will soon break ground thanks to a federal-provincial-municipal investment of more than $1 billion. The governments of Canada and Ontario have taken steps to get shovels in the ground and to flow money faster for targeted infrastructure projects in Ontario Communities for the 2009 and 2010 construction seasons.

The federal and provincial governments understand that infrastructure investments will stimulate the economy, and as a result, nearly 85 per cent of project applications were approved for funding.