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8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 COUNT Y OF GRANDE PRAI RI E Marshall asserts. “With the opportunities here, we can’t bring people in fast enough to fill the positions that we need. So, there are initiatives in place, but we need to look at how we can even go beyond that to get more people.” Along with that, a partnership between Northwestern Polytechnic and the local industry is targeted at providing programming that ensures a skilled workforce. A project to twin 10 miles of a busy highway will help to address traffic issues in the region and entice further economic development in the county. The roadwork and the addition of a second bridge across the Wapiti River is a $106 million investment, of which the municipal district of Greenview is contributing $60 million. “The county said we would chip in to help fund the small piece on the north side of the river. So, we chipped in $10 million to the MD of Greenview’s portion to help entice the province to move ahead with that project, so