CHRISTINE TELL MLA – Provincial Update – February 8, 2011

 

Regina Benefits from Municipal Revenue Sharing Increase

At the annual SUMA convention last week, Premier Brad Wall announced we are moving ahead on our promise to provide cities, towns and RMs with a record amount of revenue sharing.  Municipal revenue sharing will increase to the equivalent of a full percentage point of the PST.  That translates into $216.8 million in 2011-12 – a 70 per cent increase since 2007-08.

The City of Regina will receive $33.5 million in 2011-12 which is a 113% increase over the $15.7 million that Regina received in the last year of the NDP government

 Revenue sharing in 2011-12 represents the highest amount of operational funding ever provided to municipalities by the provincial government in the history of Saskatchewan.  Promise made, promise kept. 

Preparing for Possible Spring Flooding

With this winter’s heavy snowfall, there could be extensive flooding this spring.  To that end, our government has announced a $22 million program that will help communities prepare for possible spring flooding.  The program will provide assistance in five areas:

• Technical assistance such as engineering to design flood protection works;

• Building flood protection works such as berms or channels in communities;

• Constructing protective works such as berms around rural residences and farmsteads;

• Sand bagging, and clearing snow and obstructions from channels and culverts; and

• Testing of water supplies impacted by flooding.

For more details about the spring runoff forecast, please visit the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority's website at swa.ca.

Global Transportation Hub’s 1st Facility Opens

A new facility that will establish Saskatchewan as a major transportation hub in western Canada is now officially open for business.  Canadian Logistics Services (CLS) recently held its grand opening in the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) in west Regina. 

When the CLS centre is fully operational in December, it will encompass 965,000 square feet and create up to 800 jobs. It is expected that about 1400 trucks per week will be pulling in and out of the distribution centre.

 The facility will give local exporters better access to global supply chains, attract new investment to our province and further cement Saskatchewan’s leadership role in the New West

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