The Canadian province of Alberta has doubled its capital maintenance and renewal funding in 2020-21 to $1.37 billion in order to keep workers employed and take an advantage of less-busy roads and buildings to get maintenance moving.

Jason Kenney, Alberta premier, announced the increase from $673.7 million, saying the change will allow the government to act quickly and work with companies across the province so they can keep workers employed during the challenging economic times posed by COVID-19 and then keep them employed moving forward.