Abbotsford completes eight projects in 2022, including pool upgrades and bridge replacement, thanks to federal funding

ABBOTSFORD — Federal funding has enabled the City of Abbotsford to complete eight infrastructure projects across Abbotsford in 2022, including an update to the Centennial Outdoor Pool.

In a news release Thursday (Jan. 19), Abbotsford city officials touted a federal allocation of $6.3 million received in 2022, and the city utilized those funds to upgrade its municipal pool and replace a bridge at Campbell Road and Interprovincial Highway, among many projects.

The federal Community Works Fund program was the stimulus for the completion of the multiple road and infrastructure projects completed in 2022. Now in the ninth year of a 10-year agreement to deliver funding for local government infrastructure and capacity-building projects in the province, the Canada Community-Building Fund, which is administered by the Union of B.C. Municipalities, has transferred over $4.3 billion to B.C. communities, of which the City of Abbotsford has received $66 million from 2014 to 2023 for a variety of projects that benefit the municipality.

In 2022, the eight completed projects, thanks to CWF funding, include the remaining installations of the 2019 Sidewalk Program ($827,034), a new traffic signal at Delair Road ($181,819), improvements to Sumas Mountain Road ($57,070) and 11 different bridges across the City ($511,785), upgrades to the crosswalk at Mila Street and McMillan Road ($50,000) and modelling and updating to the City’s Community Energy and Emissions Inventory ($43,179).