Extending municipal services to establish an industrial park in West Nipissing will secure a primary tenant whose proposed manufacturing plant is expected to create some 150 jobs with an estimated annual payroll of $7 million.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is providing $1,107,800 tothe Municipality of West Nipissing to extend water, sewer and electrical power services to a 12-hectare industrial park just west of Sturgeon Falls between Highway 17 and the Ottawa Valley Railway line. NOHFC funding will also be used to build a rail siding to service the industrial park and turning lanes from the highway. The municipality expects the site to be ready for development by next summer.

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“This project is a great example of what can be accomplished when all levels of government and the private sector work together to create economic development opportunities in a community,” said Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle, who also chairs the NOHFC.

“This investment from our government will help bring much-needed, well-paying manufacturing jobs in the mining service supply sector to West Nipissing,” said Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP David Ramsay.

QUICK FACTS

·On January 1, 1999, the former towns of Sturgeon Falls and Cache Bay, the former townships of Caldwell, Springer and Field, and 17 unincorporated townships amalgamated to form the Municipality of West Nipissing.

·In August 2008, the Municipality of West Nipissing received $1.2 million from the Province as part of the $1.1 billion in additional funding to support infrastructure investments through the Investing in Ontario Act, 2008.

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