Windsor's mayor is looking for some funding from Tuesday's federal budget to help tackle flooding.
The Trudeau government's fourth and final budget will be tabled this afternoon before this fall's election.
Speaking on AM800's the Morning Drive, Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says there is a list of 'wants' from the city, but flood funding is one of the main ones.
Dilkens was in Ottawa back in January for the Big City Mayor's Caucus and spoke to the prime minister about the funding.
"The funding under the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund that we applied for over $30-million to help offset some of the costs in phase one of our sewer master plan," he says. "It doesn't sound sexy, it doesn't sound like a really thrilling thing."
Dilkens says the funding would be earmarked for the Riverside and east Riverside area where phase one will cost the city $90-million.
"If we can get a third funding from the federal government, we would be absolutely delighted with that news for sure," he says. "I'm expecting now that this is an election year, this is their election budget that we will see more of that money starting to flow that has already been promised and I'm sure that this budget will be fairly exciting as this government moves into an election."
The Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund is about $2-billion and Dilkens says he wants to make sure Windsor gets its share of the pot.
The money would be used for sewers, pumping stations and storage areas.