Alberta Going Spend-Crazy On Infrastructure

Highlights of health infrastructure The government is spending approximately $1.3 billion this year and $3 billion over the next three years on a number of health facilities projects including: - $250 million to commence replacement of the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie; and, - $26.4 million for the Northern Lights Health Region for three community health centres, to purchase land for a proposed continuing care facility and for subsidized housing units for health care providers in response to recommendations in the Radke Report. Highlights of post-secondary infrastructure initiated This year, about $900 million is forecast to be spent on post-secondary infrastructure. New projects include: - Athabasca University main campus expansion - $30 million; - Keyano College trades upgrade and expansion - $4.5 million; - Medicine Hat College trades upgrade and expansion, F-wing expansion and Encana Power Engineering Technology Centre - $19.8 million; - Lakeland College trades upgrade and expansion - $3.1 million; - Lethbridge College trades upgrade and expansion - $8.5 million; - University of Lethbridge Markin Building for Health Sciences and Management - $50 million; and, - University of Calgary – Institute of Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy - $260 million. Strategically investing in Alberta’s post-secondary infrastructure is a wise investment that benefits all Albertans long into the future and helps to build the province’s next-generation, knowledge-based economy. Highlights of K-12 infrastructure The government’s investment for new school infrastructure, as well as modernization and maintenance, totals more than $600 million for the 2007-08 fiscal year. This includes: - $35 million each for the Calgary and Edmonton public schools boards for major modernization projects; - $15 million each for the Calgary and Edmonton Catholic boards for major modernization projects; - $97 million for 17 major modernization projects throughout Alberta; and, - $4.5 million to help Alberta schools enhance and improve existing facilities and equipment used for Career and Technology Studies (CTS). Highlights of road construction - This past summer, the province built 246 kilometres of new paved highway at a cost of $310 million. Major paving projects were undertaken on Highways 519, 561, 570, and 813. - 861 kilometres of highway was repaved this past summer at a cost of $260 million. Major repaving projects were completed on Deerfoot Trail and Highways 15, 39, and 560. - Construction began on the northeast leg of the Calgary ring road and continued on the northwest leg. The southeast leg of Edmonton’s ring road opened to traffic. ... http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200711/226378C22B364-B08F-3A9F-15F36A4E3794C547.html

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