Sask. municipalities to get $292.7 million under new gas tax agreement
In a new gas tax agreement, the Government of Saskatchewan will receive $56.3 million from the federal government for municipalities to spend on infrastructure projects in 2014-15.
The 10-year agreement has $292.7 million earmarked for Saskatchewan municipalities over the first five years of the program.
Mayor Michael Fougere said the City of Regina will receive $10.9 million dollars in the first two years of the agreement, 2014-15, with larger amounts expected in the later years.
“We could always use more,” he said Wednesday afternoon.