NEW DEAL FOR CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
NOUVEAU PACTE POUR LES VILLES ET LES COLLECTIVÉS
Example – Road Project
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN
(Please prepare a separate plan for each project)
Municipality Information:
Name of Municipality
Municipality Type
Contact Name
Position
Address
Phone
Fax
Email
RM of Seven Rivers No. 789
Rural Municipality
Joan Smith
Administrator
Box 123, Seven Rivers SK S0S 0S0
(306) 555-1234
(306) 555-4321
[email protected]
Proposed Project Information:
Project Title
Reconstruct 8 km of Road
Eligible Infrastructure Category: (choose one)
Local Roads and Bridges
Water
Waste Water
Solid Waste
Community Energy
Municipal Capacity Building
X
1) Description of the proposed project, including the project location.
(If other municipalities are involved in this project, please indicate the names of the municipalities.)
 Description
The RM of Seven Rivers plans to reconstruct eight kilometers (five miles) of road to
accommodate Primary Weight truck traffic generated by the oil, forestry and grain
industry. The project includes replacement of a bridge over River 2, located ENE of
Section 17, with a 3,000mm diameter culvert.
This road was not designed to carry large volumes of heavy truck traffic. The bridge is
no longer capable of carrying heavy truck traffic as confirmed by the Ministry of
Highways and Infrastructure. The road connects with roads in the rural municipalities to
the north and south which have been recommended by the Transportation Planning
Committee as a Primary Weight Road Corridor. The neighboring municipalities, the
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RM of North and the RM of South have also indicated that they plan to use their Gas
Tax funding to reconstruct their portions of this Primary Weight Road Corridor.
The estimated total cost of the project is $800,000 as follows:
8.0 km. of road reconstruction @ $140,000/km.
$700,000
Bridge replacement (3,000 mm. culvert)
$100,000
Total Estimated Cost
$800,000
The estimated costs include materials and engineering required for the project.
The proposed construction schedule is as follows:
September 2013
Commission engineering
November – December 2013
Preliminary engineering survey and design
March 2014
Tender project
April 2014
Award tender
June – September 2014 Construction and gravelling
The RM’s plan is to have the road completed by the end of September 2014.
 Location (Provide the specific location of the project and a site map or plan if available.)
The road to be reconstructed is located east of Sections 6, 9, 19, 22 and 32 – Twp. 45 Rge. 9 – West of the 2rd.
2) Proposed Project Financing
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
9 Year
Totals
Estimated
Project
Cost*
$800,000
$800,000
Gas Tax
Funding**
$17,600
$44,220
$93,780
$155,600
Municipal
Funding
$444,400
$444,400
Other
Funding
(specify)
$200,000
$200,000
Total
Funding
$17,600
$44,220
$738,180
$800,000
*This amount is the municipality’s estimate of the total eligible project costs. If other municipalities are involved in this
project; please indicate only the portion of the project that relates to your municipality.
** The Gas Tax Funding is the amount of the municipality’s gas tax allocation that the municipality requests to be provided for
this project.
 Will this project receive (or has the project received) funding from other programs?
(choose one)
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YES
NO
X
 If yes, please indicate the name of the program(s):
The Big Lumber Company and the Bigger Oil Company have each agreed to contribute
$100,000 to this road project, provided they will be allowed to haul primary weight
loads once the road is complete.
 What is the estimated starting date of the proposed project?
September 2013

What is the estimated completion date of the proposed project?
September 2014
3) Environmental Outcomes
(See http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/FGT-B-Outcome-Indicators - Attachment B for more information regarding outcomes.)
 Choose the expected outcomes that will result (choose one):
Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
X
Cleaner Air
Cleaner Water
Enhance Municipal Capacity
*This outcome should only be used for Municipal
Capacity Building projects
 Describe how this project will produce these outcomes:
The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions will be achieved by the trucks using the road
for hauling industrial and agricultural commodities. Once completed this road will form
a more direct route for industrial and agricultural traffic and allow for hauling heavier
loads, both of which will reduce the amount of fuel used by haulers thereby reducing the
amount of greenhouse gasses produced.
Currently, heavy truck traffic uses an alternate route which is approximately 12
kilometers (7.5 miles) longer and is limited to secondary weights (34.5 tonnes). After
the road is completed, an estimated 90 loaded trucks per day will use the road, carrying
up to 49 tonnes each. While the heavier loads will result in more fuel consumption per
load, the reduced number of trucks required to haul the same weight and the shorter
route will result in estimated 18% net fuel savings and comparable reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions. (The fuel savings analysis was provided by the Bigger Oil
Company.)
4) Describe the expected environmental benefits that will result from the project.
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(For information regarding benefits see http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/FGT-B-Outcome-Indicators - Attachment B and
http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/FGT-C-Regional-Benefit - Attachment C)
 Local Benefits
In addition to the reduced greenhouse gas emissions, residents of the rural municipality
will have safer roads because the heavy truck traffic will be concentrated on one road,
which will be designed for heavy truck traffic. The RM also expects to benefit by
reduced road maintenance costs because there will be less truck traffic on other roads
and the primary weight road will be easier to maintain because of its higher standard
design. This will lead to cost savings for the RM and its ratepayers and a marginal
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions because of the RM’s equipment not being used
for as many hours each month.
 Regional Benefits
(Relevant information includes: other municipalities which share costs, joint municipal ownership of the
asset, usage by other municipalities, and other information such as existing service agreements, shared
planning, or capacity building and the names of the municipality(s) that receives the regional benefit.)
Once the Primary Weight Road Corridor is completed in Seven Rivers and the
neighbouring RMs, the region will experience the following regional benefits:
Less greenhouse gas emissions.
Increased economic activity because transportation – dependent industries will
be able to haul primary weights.
Connection to a coordinated, well planned Regional Primary Weight Road
Corridor
Safer Roads
Lowering road maintenance costs of municipalities
5) Does this project relate to infrastructure owned by the municipality? (choose one)
YES
NO
X
If not, a Resolution of Council must be obtained stating that the infrastructure owned by a
non-municipal entity provides direct service to the residents of the municipality.
6) Does this project involve contract(s) and/or tender(s)?
YES
NO
X
If yes, Section 6.10 regarding Tenders and Contracts and Appendix 2 point 3 of the
Municipal Funding Agreement, which can be found at:
http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/FGT-Agreements-Annual-Reports, provide pertinent
information, including the following:
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 Contracts for supply of services and material to an eligible project (“Contracts”) will be
awarded and managed in accordance with the municipality’s relevant policies, procedures
and resolutions, and contracts will be awarded in a way that is transparent, competitive and
consistent with value for money principles; and
 The municipality will conduct an open competitive tendering process for all projects
funded by the Gas Tax. Notwithstanding the preceding, if eligible project costs are less
than $30,000, two price quotations will be satisfactory instead of tendering.
7) Have you contacted the appropriate authorities to confirm and begin the process of obtaining
any permits, licenses and approvals the project may require?
YES
NO
N/A
X
Municipalities are responsible for obtaining all permits, licenses and approvals required to
construct and operate their projects. These may include, but are not limited to: Approval to
Construct (Ministry of Environment (MoE) for water, wastewater and solid waste), Water
Allocation (SWA), Operating Permit (MoE after construction of water, wastewater or solid
waste facilities), Shoreline Alteration Permit (MoE), Harmful Alteration, Disruption or
Destruction (HADD) of Fish Habitat Authorization (DFO), approval from adjacent
landowner for temporary or permanent use of land during road construction, Ministry of
Highways for road projects connecting public roads or for closure of a road, etc.
8) Applicable to Regina and Saskatoon only - Please provide the following as an attachment:
 Describe the proposed method that will be used for measuring the outcomes,
as identified in question 3, which will result from the project; and
 Provide a general description of how the project will contribute to environmental and
other sustainability efforts of the city.
More information may be obtained at http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/Funding/Federal-GasTax-Program. New Deal Gas Tax inquiries and Infrastructure Investment Plan’s may be directed
to:
New Deal Secretariat
Ministry of Government Relations
410 – 1855 Victoria Avenue
REGINA SK S4P 3T2
Telephone: (306) 787-8912
Fax: (306) 787-3641
Email: [email protected]
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RM of Seven Rivers
The council of the
hereby submits an Infrastructure Investment Plan under the New Deal for Cities and
Communities - Transfer of Federal Gas Tax Revenues as described above. In providing this
submission, the council declares that the above is, to the best of its knowledge and belief to be
true in substance and in fact.
Joan Smith
Joan Smith
Name
Signature
Administrator
December 24, 2012
Title
Date
(Mayor/Reeve/City Manager/Administrator/Clerk)
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