NIAGARA, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is investing $135 million in water systems and irrigation infrastructure in Niagara Region and the Municipality of Leamington to help build more homes and protect farmland.
Niagara Region will receive approximately $94 million. This includes approximately $53 million for six water systems projects that will support approximately 14,000 new homes through the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program’s Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund stream, and another $41 million for irrigation pipelines to help deliver water to hundreds of farms.
Leamington will receive $41 million for greenhouse operations as it is home to one the largest greenhouse hubs in North America.
