In the photo (from left to right):
Scott Jay (Leisure Time Park & Trailer Sales); Regional Councillor Richard Whitehead (Wards 3 &4, Town of Caledon); David Tilson, M.P. (Dufferin-Caledon); Mayor Marolyn Morrison (Town of Caledon); Lorenzo Catuzza (Office of Greg Sorbara, M.P.P. for Vaughan); Sylvia Jones, M.P.P. (Dufferin-Caledon); Bill Jay (Leisure Time Park & Trailer Sales); and Kelly Darnley (President & CEO, Caledon Chamber of Commerce).


PALGRAVE, ONTARIO – David Tilson, Member of Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon and Greg Sorbara, Member of Provincial Parliament for Vaughan, today announced stimulus funding that will benefit the local economy in Caledon and improve local infrastructure for years to come.  Today’s investment of $4 million in joint federal and provincial funding will benefit Highway #9.

“Today’s investment in road improvements for Highway #9 demonstrates the continued co-operation by our governments to deliver results for Dufferin-Caledon and for all of Ontario,” said M.P. Tilson. “Furthermore, these improvements will create jobs and support our local economy, ensuring Ontario emerges from the economic downturn with a more modern and greener infrastructure.”

“The recent collaboration between federal and provincial governments on these capital projects represents a good model for better government-to-government relations in Canada,” said Greg Sorbara, MPP for Vaughan.

The highway infrastructure improvements to Highway #9 will include 2.4 kilometres west of Peel Regional Road 50 to one kilometre west of Airport Road, for a total of 7.5 kilometres of pavement resurfacing.

Total eligible project costs are estimated at $4 million. The governments of Canada and Ontario are each providing up to $2 million. This announcement is part of a package of 43 highway, bridge, and local road projects announced on April 7, 2010, by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.

The Government of Canada’s contribution for this project is being provided through the
$4-billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, a key component of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, which invests in infrastructure projects that must be completed by March 31, 2011.

The contribution from the Government of Ontario is being provided from the two-year, $32.5 billion infrastructure commitment laid out in the 2009 Ontario Budget – Confronting the Challenge: Building Our Economic Future.

To date, the governments of Canada and Ontario have announced over $11 billion in joint funding for more than 2,600 infrastructure projects across the province to stimulate the economy and create jobs.