As part of a $106 million investment in small craft harbours across the country, the Government of Canada will provide $9.5 million to repair and maintain fishing harbours in Prince Edward Island.
The $106 million in funding includes $66 million in regular program funding for the Small Craft Harbours Program in 2014-15 and $40 million over two years from Economic Action Plan 2014.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Small Craft Harbours Program is a nationwide program mandated to keep harbours that are critical to the fishing industry open and in good repair.
Major projects in Prince Edward Island being funded under the program include:
Maintenance and Repair Projects
- Reconstruction of a ramp connection between two wharves at Georgetown (Fishermen’s Wharf);
- Wharf removal and construction of a new wharf at Machons Point, to take place over two years;
- Completion of a study on harbour access at Malpeque Bay;
- Completion of wharf reconstruction at Red Head;
- Reconstruction of a marginal wharf at North Lake;
- Realignment of the breakwater at Stanley Bridge, being carried out over two years;
- Reconstruction of the walls of a wharf, construction of an extension to a wharf, and shore protection at Tignish;
- Reconstruction of a breakwater and construction of a service area at West Point, being carried out over two years; and
- Wharf reconstruction at Alberton (Northport) and Howard’s Cove, to begin in 2015.
Dredging
- Annual channel redredging at Malpeque Cove, Naufrage, North Lake and Skinners Pond. A coastal study will also be undertaken at Skinners Pond.
In addition, a number of minor repair and redredging projects as well as technical studies will be carried out at small craft harbours throughout the province this year.
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