With inflation driving construction costs higher than in previous years, local service distracts are having trouble coming up with the 10 per cent in funding they need to tackle important infrastructure upgrades.
Residents of western Newfoundland say they're relieved the provincial government will soon replace an aging bridge that links the Port au Port Peninsula to the rest of the island.
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The N.L. government has awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to Marco Group, a Liberal-friendly construction firm, to improve and expand the St. John's Health Sciences Centre emergency department.