Province paving alternative road from border for use when Highway 75 floods
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This article was published 02/06/2020 (1394 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Manitoba government will spend $16 million to pave a portion of Provincial Road 246 to serve as an alternate route for commercial traffic in years when Highway 75 is closed due to flooding.
“The continued flow of commercial traffic along the north-south corridor is critical to Manitoba’s economy, and by making careful, financially responsible decisions we can ensure these goods continue to make their way to market,” Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday in announcing the project.
Since 1996, Highway 75 has been closed about once every four years for an average of 24 days. The upgrade is designed to create a flood-proof route from the U.S. border at Emerson to CentrePort Canada just north of Winnipeg.
Pallister said the roadwork on PR 246 will occur along a stretch from PTH 23 near Morris to PR 205 near Aubigny.
Meanwhile, the premier also announced a 10 per cent top-up to damage prevention and climate resiliency measures previously announced in November.
Last fall, Pallister announced a one-time capital investment of $15 million on such projects for municipalities within the capital region and $15 million for municipalities outside the capital region.
On Wednesday, he said the total would be topped up to $33 million.
The premier announced several specific projects Wednesday totalling $17 million. They include the improvement of St. Mary’s Road in the RM of Montcalm, a pump house expansion in the RM of Rhineland, berm construction in St. Pierre-Jolys, Elkhorn lagoon and lift station upgrade in the RM of Wallace-Woodworth, Kenton supply wells generator backup in the RM of Wallace-Woodworth and a downtown drainage upgrade in Altona.
“The province is funding 100 per cent of these projects to support the long-term sustainability of our communities, and it is an additional way we are helping municipal governments weather the storm from the pandemic,” Pallister said.
larry.kusch@freepress.mb.ca
Larry Kusch
Legislature reporter
Larry Kusch didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life until he attended a high school newspaper editor’s workshop in Regina in the summer of 1969 and listened to a university student speak glowingly about the journalism program at Carleton University in Ottawa.