The province is doling out more than $300,000 to North Shore and Sea-to-Sky corridor municipalities to support green initiatives.
According to a press release, the District of North Vancouver is receiving $123,371, while $88,080 is set aside for the District of West Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver is getting $29,374. There is also a $26,665 grant for Squamish and $39,370 for Whistler.
The money is provided through B.C.'s Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program, which provides conditional grants to communities that have signed the Climate Action Charter. The grants are intended to support efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Each year, the City of North Vancouver contributes its share to its Carbon Fund, along with about $65,000 from its operating budget, according to city spokeswoman Connie Rabold. In 2015, these funds will go towards a project that encourages people to walk, bike, take transit and rideshare, and a program that sees new trees planted along city corridors.
In March, the province handed out $6.4 million to B.C. communities.
