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Originally Posted by bomber317
So is it true that the budget for the bridge came out of provincial coffers?
And we would have lost the money anyways if we didn't spend it on a specific type of infrastructure?
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Yes. It's apart of the Provincial government's Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding. Basically it was a one time gift of 25 million to be spent on only infrastructure.
Here is a really good article which weighs
the pros and cons of the argument.