A financial windfall for the City of Dryden for a high priority project.
The municipality has received $1,119,520 to replace the traffic signals along Duke Street and Government Street.
The money comes from the Connecting Link program.
Under the program, the province covers 90% of the costs while the municipality is responsible for the other 10%.
The project was deemed a top priority in the 2021 City of Dryden capital budget.
Only 14 Ontario municipalities received funding and Dryden was the only successful northern community.
Minister of Northern Development Greg Rickford says this is part of their commitment to improve infrastructure in the community.
“Look we’ve been doing a lot of work on road resurfacing in the major corridors of Dryden. We understand the beating that those roads take especially with the mill there. Folks need to know and understand that I will continue to deliver on critical infrastructure for the City of Dryden.”
The Kenora-Rainy River MPP adds, “We get winters and we have heavy duty industry tracking up and down those corridors. I’ve made it my business over my political career to ensure that Dryden doesn’t just have the top surface nice but everything that goes on underneath it.”
Rickford notes he can’t take all of the credit.
“Caroline (Mulroney) has been up in Kenora-Rainy River. She gets what we need up here and she’s just been terrific to work with and I’m very appreciative of her support for Dryden. She’s a big fan.”
