Timmins is one of 99 municipalities in Northern Ontario receiving COVID relief funding.
Yesterday, the recipients of the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream funding were announced.
Timmins' portion is $317,820. That includes $254,256 from the federal government and $63,564 from the province.
The funding program was created in response to the pandemic.
"The majority of funding will support the rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure, repairs to municipal public works buildings and fire halls. Additional investments will support upgrades to parks, recreational facilities and active transportation networks of multi-use paths and trails for residents across Northern Ontario," reads the news release.
For it, the federal government is contributing up to 80 per of eligible costs for projects in provinces. Projects in Indigenous communities and territories are eligible for up to 100 per cent funding.
Other municipalities in the area also receiving money are:
- Township of Armstrong - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Black River-Matheson - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Chamberlain - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Chapleau - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Municipality of Charlton and Dack - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Town of Cochrane - $132,997 ($106,398 from the federal government, $26,599 from the province)
- Township of Coleman - $99,998 ($79,998 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Fauquier-Strickland - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Gauthier - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Harley - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Town of Hearst - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Town of Kapuskasing - $173,340 ($138,672 from the federal government, $34,668 from the province)
- Town of Kirkland Lake - $203,191 ($162,553 from the federal government, $40,638 from the province)
- Township of Moonbeam - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- Township of Opasatika - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
- City of Temiskaming Shores - $99,758 ($79,806 from the federal government, $19,952 from the province)
- Township of Val Rita-Harty - $100,000 ($80,000 from the federal government, $20,0000 from the province)
For the City of Timmins, this money brings the total cash the municipality has received from COVID-related funding that's been announced to $4.3 million.
In March, the city received $596,662 from the province to address ongoing COVID-19 operating costs, ensure the delivery of critical services and keep capital projects on track.
That cash was in addition to the Safe Restart Agreement funding, which is a partnership between the federal and provincial governments.
There have been two phases of that program.
In the first round of the emergency funding to help municipalities deliver critical services such as public transit and shelters, Timmins received $2,379,000 for the base funding, which was allocated on a per household basis, and $77,512 for transit funding. The city received $930,000 for the second phase.
