July 21, 2010
Funding for Local Infrastructure and Planning

OSOYOOS- More money in the hands of local governments will support new infrastructure and local planning.

“It is not always easy for smaller communities to collect a large amount of revenue,” says Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater. “Thanks to Small Community Grants, municipalities can invest in their infrastructure and minimize tax increases.”

Small Community Grants include: 

• Keremeos  $98,841 
• Okanagan-Similkameen $46,333 
• Oliver    $140,702
• Osoyoos   $137,829 

The Strategic Community Investment Fund is a restructuring of provincial grants, consisting of the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program and Small Community and Regional District Grants. This payment of $38.6 million to B.C.’s communities is the third instalment of a total $227 million provided to local governments since 2009; a first instalment of $133 million was paid to communities in March 2009 and a second instalment of $55.5 million was paid in September 2009.

Since 2001, the Province has given communities $413 million in traffic fine revenues and $363 million in Small Community and Regional District Grants.

For more information about John and the Boundary-Similkameen constituency, visit www.johnslatermla.bc.ca

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