Twenty new temporary winter shelter beds are opening this week for people struggling with homelessness in Maple Ridge, as the Province and BC Housing continue to work with the city on long-term housing solutions.

BC Housing is hosting a drop-in public information session in Maple Ridge to inform residents on the plans for proposed supportive housing, affordable rental housing, and expanded mental-health and addictions support for people in Maple Ridge.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is looking for the public’s feedback on an upcoming project designed to reduce congestion and improve safety along the Haney Bypass in Maple Ridge.

People who are struggling with housing affordability and homelessness in Maple Ridge will soon have access to new supportive housing, affordable rental housing and expanded mental-health and addictions support to help them maintain stable housing.

People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Maple Ridge will have access to additional shelter spaces during extreme weather conditions this season.

By the end of next year, every student in Maple Ridge will be going to a seismically safe school, Premier John Horgan announced today.

Students in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District will benefit from over $1.4 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects and classroom supplies, MLA Doug Bing announced on behalf of Education Minister Mike Bernier.

Local government in Maple Ridge is receiving a federal-provincial investment in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced Marc Dalton, MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Skilled trades students in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District will benefit from a three-year, $15-million investment by the B.C. government to support youth trades programs with the purchase of new trades training equipment.

Communities in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are receiving federal-provincial investments in key infrastructure projects.