The municipality’s project involves construction of a 30,000 square meter multipurpose center that will bring under one roof an arena with a skating rink, a gym and several rooms, washrooms, a storage garage as well as various related services. The new venue will meet the needs of Saint-Léonard-d’Aston residents for sports and physical activities such as hockey and figure skating, hosting of sporting events and improved training facilities for Quebec’s athletes. The new Richard-Lebeau multipurpose center will directly benefit the local and regional population.
Completion of this project will necessitate an overall eligible investment of $5,113,855. The governments of Quebec and Canada will each contribute $1,704,618 toward the work, for a total of $3,409,236 in combined government funding, with the Municipality of Saint-Léonard-d’Aston assuming the remaining third, or $1,704,619, of the project’s costs.
The Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund – Quebec is a cost-sharing initiative aimed at funding infrastructure projects in communities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants.
In Quebec, a joint federal-provincial contribution of $232 million will be used to fund 106 infrastructure projects.