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Finance Minister Roger Melanson tabled the 2015-2016 Capital Budget in the Legislative Assembly Dec. 17, 2014. The $597.1 million capital budget is focused on strategic infrastructure investments which will create jobs and properly repair and maintain existing infrastructure.
In order to kick-start the province’s economy in the short-term, a new Strategic Infrastructure Initiative has been created to provide stimulus that will create jobs in the short-term and to begin building the strategic infrastructure that will help create even more jobs in the long-term.
The 2015-16 capital budget addresses a commitment to develop a multi-year infrastructure plan by also projecting investments that will be made through to 2018-19.