CANADA AND MANITOBA INVEST $17 MILLION IN THREE PROJECTS TO IMPROVE PROVINCIAL HIGHWAYS AND ROADS IN RURAL MANITOBA

THOMPSON - Investments in local infrastructure by the governments of Canada and Manitoba during this unprecedented time will help stimulate the economy and address the needs of all communities, including rural and remote communities, as they recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Investments to improve provincial highways and roads will create jobs, help bring goods and services closer to local markets, and build stronger, more connected communities.

Today, the Honourable Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Western Economic Diversification Canada) and to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Canada Water Agency), on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Rural Economic Development; and the Honourable Ron Schuler, Minister of Infrastructure, announced more than $17 million in joint funding to improve three provincial highways and roads in rural Manitoba.

Up to 60 kilometres of road improvements

A bituminous rehabilitation project south of Snow Lake will restore approximately 26 km of Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 39 from Provincial Road (PR) 392 eastward. The federal and provincial governments will each provide more than $3.9 million to the highway rehabilitation

PR 280, near Thompson, will be upgraded over 10 km to meet demands of current traffic volume and projected trends surrounding the towns of Gillam and Sundance as well as the Community of Split Lake. The Government of Canada will invest over $2.4 million in this road upgrade with the government of Manitoba also contributing more than $2.4 million.

South of Duck Bay, approximately 24 km of existing bituminous road will be restored by adding an additional thin lift overlay of bituminous pavement on PTH 20 between PR 271 and 272. The Government of Canada will invest over $2 million, and the government of Manitoba will also contribute more than $2 million to the project.

Providing communities with reliable and sustainable infrastructure is a shared priority for both governments. The Government of Canada and the government of Manitoba are each investing more than $8.5 million toward eligible costs for these three road projects under the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.