The project scope of work includes reinforcing existing infrastructure with modern materials. The pump station was built in 1972.

Ontario Power Generation will use the funding to refurbish 45 units at eight generating stations on the Madawaska and Ottawa rivers.

The closure sparked outrage from local residents, science lovers and opposition politicians. Many have called on the government to reverse course.

A recent inspection of the structure recently found that the state of deterioration due to corrosion was greater and even more extensive than originally thought.

Funding from the feds will help researchers measure pressures on skilled trades workers, such as workplace demands and hazards as well as workers’ physiological and cognitive responses.