Significant investments from the federal, provincial and local governments will put shovels in the ground on five transit projects in Greater Sudbury.

The five-kilometre road will not only keep traffic away from the community’s small village, but also open up the potential for development of residential and business lots.

The new facility will bring the hospital’s and programs and services together under a single roof. Construction of the $131.2-million building took more than two years.

At 550,000 square feet, the building will be able to handle more than 70 million cases of products annually, making it the retailer’s highest-volume Canadian facility.

The first of the funding under the federal Safe Restart Agreement kicks in by the fall. The money will be split among funding to relieve operating pressures, funding for transit, and funding for shelters.