Feds pump more cash into lake

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Feds pump more cash into lake

 

 

Sep 25, 2009

Laurie Watt / www.simcoe.com

 

 

Barrie MP Patrick Brown presented a cheque to the

City of Barrie Thursday to help keep Lake Simcoe clean.

The money will be used to reduce run-off from parking lots

and to install barriers to trap oil that may find its way into the lake from city roads.

From left to right are Brown, Coun. Alex Nuttall, Kevin Richards, of the Lake Simcoe Fund.

Stan Howe photo

 

Three projects that will clean up the waterways at the edge of downtown Barrie mark the half-way point in the federal government’s Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund strategy.

 

Barrie MP Patrick Brown handed over $606,000 Thursday for three projects: Kidd’s Creek watercourse improvements in the Donald and Eccles street area and oil and grit separation devices in the Maple Avenue and Spirit Catcher parking lots.

 

“Kempenfelt Bay is the jewel at the heart of our city. The purity of its water is something we should not take lightly. Our federal government is not just making promises – we’re delivering real results for Lake Simcoe.”

 

The $30-million Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund is an important part of a $93-million national water strategy, he added. This week’s announcements projects bring the project total to 23, representing $15 million.

 

“It’s encouraging to notice that at the half-way point, we’ve had such noticeable and tangible improvements to Lake Simcoe, thanks to the partnership with municipalities and most notably, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority.”

 

Barrie Coun. Alex Nuttall , a member of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority board, said the initiative has helped win the conservation authority international recognition for environmental stewardship.

 

Last week, the authority won the International Riverfoundation’s prestigious Thiess International Riverprize, along with a $350,000 grant.

 

The conservation authority estimates the projects so far have reduce the amount of phosphorous entering the lake by 15 kg each year, restored 3.5 kilometres of urban and rural stream banks and planted more than 6,500 trees and shrubs.

[Twocoda]

well that should pay for a few politicians holidays this year ..."Volunteers Wanted" signs wont cost near that much ( unless they are affiliated of course)

 

ok thats my last "negative" post for the day