Work is expected to start this quarter, ramp up through Q1 2021, achieve peak volumes in Q3 2021 and be completed in the fall of 2022.

The money, which is the largest federal investment in the town, will fund four projects to manage water flow and protect residents and businesses from flooding.

The project scope will see the contractor wide the section of highway from four to six lanes, add concrete median barriers and a new storm sewer system. The concrete barriers will help to reduce the likelihood of cross-median collisions.

The decline maintains the downward trend that started in May with the lifting of provincial employment restrictions enacted to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Cash is king, and nowhere more so in Canada than in the residential construction sector. The latest data from Statistics Canada reveals the home building and renovation sector accounted for 26 percent of the total underground economy in 2018.