Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Lisa Naylor, recently announced that the Manitoba government will be providing $49 million to repair roads throughout southern Manitoba.
“Our government is making meaningful investments in critical road construction projects that will enhance safety, strengthen our economy, and make it easier for drivers to get around,” said Naylor. “People throughout southern Manitoba can look forward to improved driving conditions on important routes like Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 75.”
The funding will go toward construction projects that will improve driver and pedestrian safety while also supporting economic growth throughout the region. Projects recently completed, currently underway or scheduled to start imminently including:
reconstruction of the southbound lanes of PTH 75 from 6.6 kilometres (km) north of PTH 14 to 3.4 km south of the south junction of PTH 23 (between St. Jean Baptiste and Morris);
- reconstruction of Provincial Road (PR) 247 from PR 330 to one km east of PR 330 in La Salle;
- new pavement with speed reduction design on PR 216 in Kleefeld;
- rehabilitation of PTH 3 from PR 528 to PTH 34;
- rehabilitation of Provincial Access Road (PA) 659 in Pipestone and PA 662 in Reston; and
- completion of the intersection reconstruction on Trans-Canada Highway at PR 207 (Deacon’s Corner).
“The announcement of repairs to highway 75 south of Morris through the Municipality of Montcalm is great and long overdue news,” said Reeve Paul Gilmore, Rural Municipality of Montcalm “I’m certain our rate payers will applaud this initiative along with the thousands of travellers on this major highway connecting Manitoba to our southern neighbours!”
Budget 2024 invests $500 million in capital funding to repair and rebuild Manitoba’s highways and public infrastructure to spur economic development and make it easier to get around the province.
Additional details regarding Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s capital projects can be found on an interactive map at gov.mb.ca.
