Improvements Announced for Taylor's Drinking Water
By Steven Cote
Prince George-Peace River MP Jay Hill, along with Peace River South MLA Blair Lekstrom and Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, announced that $1,123,000 dollars will be used to improve the District of Taylor's drinking water system. The funding comes from the federal Gas Tax Fund.
"This important investment will help meet environmentally sustainable infrastructure needs in Taylor, while supporting our government's commitment to provide Canadians with cleaner water, economic opportunities, and an improved quality of life," says MP Hill, "Canada's New Government is pleased to work in partnership with the Province of British Columbia and UBCM (Union of British Columbia Municipalities) to address infrastructure needs in a way that respects jurisdiction."
The project, which will improve the quality and reliability of the community water distribution system, involves three linked components. The district’s water storage facility will be sealed to enhance water quality, and the water main for the community will be stabilized or relocated to improve delivery. The water reservoir will also be twinned in order to provide additional storage capacity.
The project is expected to start immediately, with construction expected to be finished within 2 years. Taylor Mayor Fred Jarvis thanked the provincial and federal governments for their support, adding “While our water quality is excellent, we recognize the need to maximize the safeguards to protect it and to improve the reliability of our delivery system.”
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Jay Hill of all people should realize that gas taxes should be for road infrastrucutre, which is badly needed, and not for funding other government general revenue slush funds for expenditure on projects with no relation for the stated purpose of the gas tax.
Isn't Jay Hill the one that turned down funding for removing beetle kill trees, and replacing the Cameron Street Bridge among other specific cases where he said the project did not match the funding source?
The roads are underfunded and we wonder where the gas tax goes. Taylor needs clean water lets allocate for it with the proper government program and not with the gas tax for road improvements.
The gas tax must become a dedicated tax as it was sold and should be controlled at the local level for infrastrucutre needs and not by senior politicians buying votes prior to calling an election.