A sanitary pump station in the Town of Tecumseh has received an investment from Ottawa to help modernize it.
The Cedarwood Sanitary Pump Station will get a $3.6-million investment from the federal government's Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF). The fund was created to help municipalities upgrade infrastructure for improved flood mitigation in the face of climate change.
The money will be used to reconstruct the Gauthier Drive facility and upgrade equipment. It was built in 1972 and covers a 920-hectare area of Tecumseh.
The investment was announced on Wednesday morning by Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk.
"With severe weather events on the rise, infrastructure funding from the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund was outlined as a critical need," said Kusmierczyk. "Since 2019, we have now delivered over $15-million in federal funding to modernize the town's flood resiliency infrastructure and protect residences and businesses from the effects of flooding."
Kusmierczyk added that one of his first orders of business as an MP was to meet with Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara about the need for flood mitigation. The Town has been hit hard on several occasions by flooding in recent years.
"By modernizing this pump station, we are significantly reducing the risk of basement flooding and other climate-related impacts," said McNamara.
The DMAF was created by the federal government in 2018. Since then, 96 infrastructure projects across Canada have received $2.6-billion in investments.