Manitoba will continue to repair flood-damaged highways and bridges and will make further progress on its 10-year commitment to upgrade highway infrastructure.
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.
The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and Regional Minister for Manitoba, along with Manitoba Local Government Minister Ron Lemieux, celebrated the success of the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund Program in Manitoba, a key part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.
Annual sewer cleaning and televising throughout Steinbach is set to begin on October 31st.
The Government of Canada announced hat two municipalities in south-eastern Manitoba have been approved for low-cost infrastructure loans as part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.
The Association of Manitoba Municipalities’ (AMM) “Putting Communities First” campaign is now in full swing with 128, or 65% of Manitoba’s municipalities having passed resolutions in support of the movement.
Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises that as a result of ongoing repairs on the bridge over the Rat River on PR 200, near Ste. Agathe, the structure will be closed beginning Monday, Aug. 15 at 9 a.m. until approximately Oct. 28.
Steinbach’s 2011 projects are progressing nicely this summer and a couple of them will be completed within the next two weeks.
Construction season is upon us again and many of the City of Steinbach’s 2011 projects are already underway.
Manitoba continues to follow through on its 10-year commitment to renew highway infrastructure with the release of the 2011-12 construction tendering schedule, Premier Greg Selinger announced.
