The Quebec government is granting $65 million to Ville de Laval to support its actions in the fight against climate change.
The funding announced Friday by the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, should allow the third largest city in Quebec “to intensify its actions on several fronts of its Climate Plan”.
According to a statement released by the city and province, the funding will help the city government “decarbonize the city’s building stock by phasing out fuel oil, propane and natural gas in favor of renewable energy in 40 buildings.”
It is also expected that the amount will be used to “support the car-sharing service on the territory by replacing 10 municipal vehicles with car-sharing vehicles and by granting 400 amounts of financial assistance for membership in the service “.
The press release also mentions the planting of 15,000 trees and the installation of approximately 200 charging stations for electric vehicles.
“All of these actions will have a significant effect on reaching Québec’s targets for reducing GHG emissions,” indicated Minister Charette.
“To complete such an ambitious, realistic and concrete plan, collaboration is without a doubt the key word,” said Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer.
The sum of $64.8 million comes from the “Accelerate local climate transition” measure of the Plan for a Green Economy 2030 (PEV 2030), which benefits from an envelope of $210.3 million.
The press release from the City and the government mentions that the cities of Montreal, Quebec and Gatineau have already received similar financial support.
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