Premier Scott Moe joined several Moose Jaw representatives in turning the first shovels of dirt for the high-capacity reservoir’s new pump house project on Grafton Avenue in Moose Jaw.
As one of the many infrastructure projects across the province being funded by the provincial government’s Municipal Economic Enhancement Program (MEEP), the future pump house is expected to improve the quality of potable water provided to more than 20,000 residents in the city.
Moose Jaw has received $4.8 million from the province through MEEP, which is being used to complete several infrastructure projects chosen by the municipality over the next few years.
The high-service reservoir pump house project will utilize over $3.9 million in funding. City council has also committed another $10 million to the project. Construction will be done by Regina company Westbridge Construction and will begin later this fall, with a competition date set for the summer of 2022.
The city will also be using $879,960 of the funding for a new blower at the wastewater treatment plant, to be completed in the spring of 2022, and $54,000 for the purchase and installation of safety barriers in city facilities as a COVID-19 response.
MEEP is part of a larger multi-year commitment from the Government of Saskatchewan, totalling a $7.5 billion investment into capital infrastructure over the next two years, as a response to the impact of COVID-19.