Municipal delegates from across Manitoba have voted overwhelmingly in favour of lobbying the government to reinstate the Municipal Road and Bridge Program. 

Chris Goertzen is Outgoing President for Association of Manitoba Municipalities. He says a record 102 municipalities co-sponsored the resolution at this week's annual convention in Winnipeg. In a vote this afternoon, the resolution passed with the approval of 97 percent of delegates.

"It's something certainly on the minds of municipalities here at the convention," says Goertzen.

In 2017, this program made $14 million available to municipalities. In 2018, the total dropped to $2.25 million. Earlier this year, the province announced plans to terminate this program in 2019.

"All municipalities that applied previous years actually did achieve success in getting dollars from this program," notes Goertzen.

According to Goertzen, the program was simple and straightforward, with very little red tape.

"There were many councils who didn't realize that this was not going to be taking place and so there's a lot of communities across Manitoba that budgeted for it and then were left holding the entire bill," adds Goertzen.