Federal / Provincial Gas Tax funding is available to local governments and/or community groups as Community Works Grants. The Community Works Fund (CWF) is delivered to all local governments in British Columbia through a direct annual allocation to support local priorities.
Money from the Community Works Fund must go towards capital improvements which result in:
Eligible projects include investments in infrastructure for its construction, renewal, or material enhancement in each of the following project categories:
*Investments in health infrastructure are not eligible.
All applications are reviewed and administered by the RDKB Gas Tax Committee and the RDKB Board of Directors must approve the application at a Board Meeting. Please contact your Area Director to ensure that he/she approves the project. Visit the list of Directors here.
For more information on Federal/Provincial funding please click here.
Your RDKB Contact for eligibility questions and applications is:
Goran Denkovski Manager of Infrastructure & Sustainability Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 202 – 843 Rossland Avenue, Trail, BC V1R 4S8 Phone 250.368.0227
Federal Gas Tax is administered by the Union of BC Municipalities and provides predictable, long-term and stable funding to local governments for investment in infrastructure and capacity building projects.
The name of the fund reflects its origins from revenues raised by the federal gasoline excise tax.