Manitoba will continue to make progress on its 10-year commitment to upgrade highways, provincial roads and infrastructure across the province, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton announced with the release of the 2013 construction tendering schedule.
“We have completed many of the major repairs of roads and bridges damaged in last year’s flood and have made record investments in our roads and bridges, but we know there is more to do,” said Ashton. “We will continue to upgrade and renew the province’s vital network of highways and roads, which are the economic backbone of our economy.”
Since launching the first five-year highway renewal plan in 2007, the province has invested more than $2.8 billion and improved more than 7,400 kilometres of highways and roads, the minister said.
During the 2013 construction season, the province will upgrade and repair more than 40 bridges, he said, adding there will also be a major emphasis on the continued renewal of Manitoba’s core highway network with more than 1,160 km scheduled for upgrades.
The large projects supported by the Manitoba government include:
Near Winnipeg
• starting a multi-year project to upgrade the Perimeter Highway near Brady Road,
• rehabilitating the overpass on the Perimeter Highway at PTH 75, and
• rehabilitating the overpass structure on the Perimeter Highway at the Trans-Canada Highway East.
Southern Manitoba
• repaving the westbound lanes and shoulders on the Trans-Canada Highway from Portage la Prairie to PTH16,
• adding turning lanes and safety features to the intersection of PTH 3 and PTH 23,
• starting a multi-year project to significantly improve PTH 13 from Carman to Elm Creek,
• completing paving to PTH 16 from Binscarth to east of Foxwarren, and
• shoulder widening of the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway from the Brokenhead River to east of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Central Manitoba
• starting a multi-year project involving intersection improvements and paving of PTH 59 from Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation to PTH 11,
• paving PTH 9 from PTH 4 to north of Clandeboye,
• intersection improvements on PTH 6 at Woodlands, and
• starting the next section of a multi-year project of grade widening, base work and paving of PTH 10 from PTH 25 to PTH 24.
Northern Manitoba
• continuing major work to upgrading PR 373 north of Jenpeg,
• continuing upgrading PR 280 in conjunction with Manitoba Hydro,
• shoulder widening of PTH 6 north of Sasagiu Rapid, and
• paving PTH 10 south of PTH 60 to Overflowing River.
Bridges
• replacing the bridge on PR 227 over the Assiniboine River north of Portage la Prairie that was damaged during the 2011 flood,
• replacing the bridge on PTH 12 over the Seine River Diversion just south of Ste. Anne,
• replacing to the bridge on PR 348 over the Little Souris River south of Brandon that was damaged during the 2011 flood,
• major repairs to the bridge on PTH 23 over the Red River near Morris,
• replacing the bridge on PTH 21 over the Souris River near Hartney that was damaged in the 2011 flood,
• replacing the bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway over the Assiniboine River just east of Portage la Prairie,
• replacing the bridge on PTH 5 over the Turtle River south of Ste. Rose du Lac,
• replacing the bridge on PR 251 over the Souris River near Coulter that was damaged during the 2011 flood,
• conducting major repairs to the bridge on PTH 1 westbound over the Birch River near McMunn,
• replacing the bridge on PTH 5 near Kelwood,
• continuing major repairs to the bridge on PR 211 over the Winnipeg River near Pinawa, and
• replacing the bridge on PTH 12 over the Rat River southwest of Zhoda.
Two major projects cost-shared between the governments of Canada and Manitoba are scheduled for next summer:
• the completion of CentrePort Canada Way, a new roadway connecting CentrePort to the national and international highway system; and
• intersection reconstruction of the Trans-Canada Highway through Headingley.
The proposed schedule for the 2013 construction season is being issued now so contractors can prepare to bid on projects for the next construction season. The document is available at www.gov.mb.ca/mit/contracts.
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