Prince Edward County Council has adopted its 2022 capital budget.
Mayor Steve Ferguson calls the $18.5 million capital spending plan realistic and prudent.
Highlights include:
- $2.7 million for rural road surface maintenance program
- $397,700 for the replacement of a fire pumper tanker
- $197,000 for the replacement of a land ambulance
- $2.8 million for the road reconstruction on Picton Main Street between Bridge Street and Spencer Street’
- $3.5 million for the rehabilitation of County Road 4 from the Millennium Trail to just south of County Road 34 (Hull Road)
- $315,000 for the second phase of the Crystal Palace revitalization
- $97,000 Parks and Recreation Master Plan
- $197,000 for three studies to support the implementation of the Official Plan (Cultural Heritage Master Plan, Shore Land Designation Study, and Comprehensive Zoning By-law Review)
A complete list of approved 2022 capital projects with funding sources can be found on the County website.
Council also approved the water and wastewater capital budget of $56.1 million.
Of this budget, $49.5 million is earmarked for the construction in Wellington of new water and wastewater plants, a new water tower, an equalization tank, and sanitary sewers to support new housing development.
A complete list of 2022 water and wastewater capital projects can be found on the County website.
Council will consider the municipal operating budget from Feb. 2-4, 2022.
The proposed draft operating budget includes a 2.35 per cent tax levy increase, which equates to a 0.7 per cent increase after growth.
The approved capital plan’s impact on the draft operating budget is 0.3 per cent.
