"The ministry has seen an engaged and enthusiastic response to the RIRG program," Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw said. "This targeted effort improves the safety and quality of our rural infrastructure, strengthens partnerships with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities … and creates another outlet to aid the province's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."
Among the RMs to receive funding are: Mount Pleasant, $130,850; Coalfields, $500,000; Cambria, $173,000; Reciprocity, $380,263; Browning, $500,000; Cymri, $500,000; and Moose Mountain, $400,000.
This program helps RMs with the cost of constructing and upgrading their infrastructure, which in turn helps support local industries like agriculture, energy and forestry. The RIRG grants cover up to 50 per cent of each project's total cost, to a maximum of $500,000.