Highway work will be a priority in 2012
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This article was published 28/11/2011 (5445 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG — The Manitoban government will undertake an ambitious highway building and renewal program next year despite being hit with a massive road and bridge repair job due to the 2011 flood.
Projects include paving stretches of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 10 in Westman.
Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton said last week the work will include upgrades to Highway 75, the province’s key link to the U.S., as well as continued progress on the construction of CentrePort Canada Way, northwest of the city.
Ashton said he could not say how much the province is prepared to spend on road projects in the coming year. That will be revealed in the province’s spring budget.
But he said the daunting infrastructure repair bill from this year’s floods — which is still being tabulated as dozens of damaged bridges continue to be assessed — won’t stand in the way of a significant highway renewal program in 2012.
“We’re not going to be cutting back on major construction projects this year,” Ashton told reporters Friday after addressing the annual meeting of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association.
In each of the past two years, the province has dedicated $366 million to capital road projects.
The government is in a financial position to carry out new infrastructure projects, in part, because a federal disaster financial assistance program covers up to 90 per cent of road and bridge infrastructure damaged by flooding.
» Winnipeg Free Press
2012 federal, provincial highway projects:
• Highway 75 reconstruction through Morris
• Continued construction of roads and structures at CentrePort Canada Way
• Intersection improvements at Highway 15 and Provincial Road 206 at Dugald
• Paving a 15-kilometre stretch of Highway 10 north of Brandon.
Other significant projects in 2012 include:
• Paving Trans-Canada Highway near Portage la Prairie
• Paving 28 km of Highway 59 north of Broken Head Ojibway First Nation
• Paving 7.5 km of Highway 6 south of Grosse Isle
• Paving 18 km of the Trans-Canada Highway’s westbound lanes near Carberry
• Paving 13.5 km of Highway 5 north of Riding Mountain
» Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation