VICTORIA — Local governments, Indigenous communities and non-profits can now apply to the Province of B.C. for nearly $136 million in infrastructure grants to help develop resilience in response to COVID-19.
The province has partnered with Ottawa to use the new COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream (CVRIS), a new stream under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, to get projects funded.
The CVRIS will support projects that focus on retrofits, rehabilitation and upgrades to existing local government and Indigenous community buildings, COVID-19 response infrastructure, active transportation and disaster mitigation.
Applications are being received through the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Emergency Management BC (EMBC).
“We want to ensure British Columbians are resilient to hazards like flooding, and that means we have to ensure the structural and natural infrastructure is in place to protect communities,” said Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety, in a press release. “These funds are another way we are providing targeted funding toward projects that local governments and Indigenous communities have identified to lessen the impact floods have on their communities.”
To meet the accelerated timeline in response to COVID-19, applicants for funding under EMBC’s Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Mitigation program have until Jan. 11, 2021 to apply. All other applicants have until Jan. 27, 2021.
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