The town will use $2.7 million in funding from the federal government to upgrade digesters at its wastewater treatment plant to turn food waste into clean energy.

A DDI is a traffic-management solution that enables vehicles to merge on and off highways without crossing oncoming lanes of traffic. Construction of Ontario’s first is expected to begin this spring.

The $9.9 billion worth of permits issued in the month was a jump of more than 8 percent from December, and surpasses the previous record of $9.6 billion set in April 2019.

After a drop of more than 9 percent created by the COVID-19 pandemic, spending on non-residential capital and repair expenditures is expected to grow by 7 percent to $266.2 billion in 2021.

But values are still lower than in 2020 due to a significant drop in government and institutional construction, year over year.