Yukon gets $6M for sewage, road projects

Six Yukon communities, including Whitehorse, will benefit from federal infrastructure money.

About $5.8 million in joint-funding infrastructure projects between Yukon and the federal governmentwas announced today. Ottawa contributed about$4.4million of the total amount.

The Village of Carmacks gets the biggest piece of the pie from Ottawa's Small Communities Fund$2 million for its sewage system.Faro, Watson Lake and Haines Junction will share $1.5 million for solid waste improvements.

Teslin gets $1 million in road upgrades and Whitehorse gets $750,000 to finish the McLean Lake Road extension, off Hamilton Boulevard. The road leads to nearby quarries.

Currie Dixon, Yukon's minister ofCommunities Services, says the territory has a number of larger projects planned withfederal government funding.

"Obviously we are all looking forward to the March 22federal budget and seeing what's in that budget in regards to infrastructure."

Liberal MP Larry Bagnell says he has no idea what's included in next week's budget but he, too, is counting on millions more in infrastructure money coming North.