Township of West Lincoln Approves Budgets

Tuesday, 2 March 2021 12:33

By Linda Morgan

The Township of West Lincoln Council has passed the 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets.

Property owners with a home assessed at $382,397 can expect to see their overall tax bill increase by about $11.32 every month.

Budget highlights include $75,300 for the rebuilding of West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, and $778,000 devoted to environmental infrastructure.

The Township also approved $1.3 million of road rehabilitation projects covering about 5 km of roads.

Additionally, $185,000 has been devoted to an Economic Development Master plan for the Industrial Park and a Rural Employment Zone study.

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