Sault aqueduct project receives funding.

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More than $30 million is being poured into a major storm water management reconstruction project in Sault Ste. Marie.

The Fort Creek Aueduct, a system of channels and ditches that carries water from Fort Creek Dam to Queen Street, will be demolished and rebuilt in stages over the next seven years.

"It's a major component of our flood-control infrastructure," city engineer Don Elliott told SooToday.com

The aqueduct is so old, city engineers are unsure when it was built.

The first phase between Queen Street and Albert Street is finished, with the last phase slated for...