Funds light up Brockville
Recorder & Times / Nick Gardner / 28 July 2010
[...] Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown and Brockville Mayor David Henderson provided the toothy grins to celebrate the arrival of 698 energy-efficient lights.
Henderson said the lights are the second batch of a three-phase project expected to be completed next year and designed to save $150,000 annually on electricity costs.
The cost to replace 2,800 street lights over the three phases of the project is about $1.5 million, with $329,130 provided by a federal gas-tax grant received last spring.
"It's one of the best programs out there," Henderson told the Recorder and Times.
He said the predictability of the funding helps municipalities plan for long-term priorities and invest in sustainable infrastructure.
