The engineers and land surveyors do work related to the provincial highway network, the Ontario Building Code, land surveying, fire safety, food and workplace safety, clean air and safe drinking water.

The funding, which is pending final due diligence from Natural Resources Canada, would be provided through the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund.

The province is providing $9 million to support repairs to a damaged utility services tunnel; $6 million more will be used to replace and upgrade three failed boilers.

The money will facilitate the replacement and improvement of water and wastewater infrastructure on Wellington Street from Gordon Street to Wyndham Street South.

The $250-million project aims to double CN's existing line of tracks in Milton, Ont., and construct a hub for containers to be transferred between trucks and trains.