Federal transport minister Chuck Strahl said Thursday the federal government won’t be helping the province fund an electricity line from the island to the mainland, saying that the project didn’t make the province’s own Top 20 priorities.
The provincial government is trying to secure funding for the project through a federal green infrastructure fund.
According to the Charlottetown Guardian:
Prince Edward Island isn’t the only province looking for an electrical cable.
The $1-billion green infrastructure program has already funded an electrical cable in British Columbia at a cost of $440 million. The federal government picked up $130 million. The program also funded a $160-million power cable in the Yukon. The federal government picked up $71 million.
Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia have a joint application for a cable between those two provinces. That mega-project will cost between $800 million and $1.2 billion. They’ve asked the federal government for $375 million.
Strahl said he recognizes the province wants to construct the cable and the federal government is working to find the money to fund the project.
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