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The City of Winnipeg has secured a tentative funding deal to speed up regional road repairs, but looks set to receive about 55% of the added funds it originally requested to do so.

If approved by council, the province and the federal government, the deal will claim $100 million from the federal Building Canada Fund, which would be matched by the city and province to add a combined $300 million for regional road repairs over the next five years.

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City council originally pushed to secure $182 million over six years from the feds to accelerate regional road renewal back in July 2017. That set off months of negotiations with the province, since the deal required that government’s approval.

But Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said he welcomes the agreement, even if it falls short of his original goal.

“The province obviously has many competing priorities. We’ve had some lengthy discussions over a long period of time and we’re pleased the province put in the request for $100 million,” said Bowman. “It’s $100 million more than we would have otherwise been able to secure.”