The city will have an additional $11.3 million to spend on infrastructure.
Of that, $8.1 million will come from the provincial government through its $100-million northern capital and planning grant program while $3.2 comes as a result of a doubling of the share the city will get from the federal government's excise tax on gasoline.
Both amounts will be added to the budget city council approved last month and put into reserves for the time being. No specific projects have been earmarked for the money.
The province announced its grant on Tuesday and the federal contribution was part of the budget unveiled last week.
Both Mayor Lyn Hall and Coun. Garth Frizzell, the city's representative at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, welcomed the infusions.
"Prince George, like local governments across Canada, is grappling with the costs associated with aging infrastructure," Hall said. "Roads, bridges, above and below ground infrastructure, and our recreational facilities, are all aging and in need of maintenance and enhancement."
Also on the province's receiving end, Fraser-Fort George Regional District will get $4.2 million, Mackenzie $4.7 million, Valemount $2.9 million and McBride $2.4 million.
