MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. — The Government of Alberta is giving $850,000 to Medicine Hat College to replace its electrical substation.
The substation is nearing the end of its service life and the government is covering the total estimated cost of replacing it to avoid unplanned power outages and disruptions to campus while ensuring staff and students have a reliable power supply, a government release stated.
“The opportunity to update the college’s 50-year-old electrical infrastructure is welcome. This $850,000 investment will replace our primary electrical service and substation and replace overhead cables with underground lines. These actions will reduce maintenance costs and increase the security and stability of our power supply to help sustain college operations for decades to come,” Medicine Hat College president and CEO Kevin Shufflebotham said in a statement.
The Medicine Hat College project is part of the more than $10 billion infrastructure spending announced as part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan, the release stated.
“Alberta’s Recovery Plan focuses on infrastructure as a critical component for supporting economic growth and jobs for Albertans. This includes investing in shovel-ready projects to upgrade and maintain public facilities, like this post-secondary institution, that help keep Albertans working and stimulate local economies where it matters most,” Alberta Minister of Infrastructure Prasad Panda said.
The Alberta government has committed $118.5 million to capital maintenance and renewal at colleges, universities and polytechnics in the 2020 budget and the substation replacement is part of a further $98-million commitment.
In April, the Alberta government announced it was accelerating its capital plan increasing capital maintenance and renewal spending in 2020-21 to almost $2 billion to address recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting oil prices.
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