$5.3M in Charlottetown health, community infrastructure projects

The federal and provincial governments came together Monday morning in Charlottetown to announcement $5.3 million in infrastructure projects for the city.

The announcement was focused on buildings related to health care and community, in addition to upgrades to EastLink Centre for the Canada Games.

"These projects basically indicate, by and large, deferred maintenance," Charlottetown MP Sean Casey said during a virtual announcement Monday morning.

"They will be done in a short period of time that will provide that stimulus that's so important at a time when we have a COVID-induced recessionin this country and in the province."

The biggest project is a partial roof replacement for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, coming in at more than $2 million.

The federal government is contributing $4.1 million to the projects, and the province the remaining $1.2 million.

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