Work to improve safety for motorists and commercial truckers has been completed on the southbound portion of PTH 75 and the lanes are now fully reopened, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton said.
“These safety upgrades demonstrate our increased commitment to Manitoba’s highways and will improve traffic flows,” said Ashton. “We have invested nearly $2.3 billion at the halfway point of our commitment to invest $4 billion over 10 years and this project is part of $520 million budgeted this year for improved roads and bridges right across the province.”
The project over the past two years on the southbound lanes of PTH 75, from Ste. Agathe to Morris has included extensive concrete repairs, surfacing work, installation of rumble strips, improved turning lanes at intersections and shoulder repairs. The work this year, to add additional safety features and repair the highway, covered 27.3 kilometres of the major north-south route.
In 2012, plans for more improvements include reconstruction of the highway through the town of Morris.
The work this year was completed on time and within the budget of $24.6 million, Ashton said. Under Manitoba’s Highway renewal plan, about 1,100 km of highway are scheduled to see improvements in 2011.
