Gov't puts $50M into Westman roads, highways
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The provincial government is putting more than $50 million over the next five years into Manitoba’s multimodal transportation hub and trade gateways to create economic opportunities, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Doyle Piwniuk announced Monday in Brandon.
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The investment is part of the 2023 Multi-Year Infrastructure Investment Strategy.
“We are undertaking a range of strategic initiatives to support our government’s vision of growing Manitoba as a transportation hub that better enable trade access to markets and support investment in trade-based industries,” said Piwniuk in a press release. “These investments will ensure the enhanced safety and sustainability of infrastructure for the safe movement of people and goods across the province.”
The Manitoba government’s 2023 Multi-year Infrastructure Investment Strategy provides a five-year plan that details the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure’s plans to invest in new and existing highway, water, airport and general assets. This is the first time a five-year capital strategy has been shared, offering a preview of planned capital projects to the public and industry.
Capital project highlights in the plan include: $10.3 million for 1.6 km of surface rehabilitation of the Trans-Canada Highway from Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 10 to PTH 1A (rear south service road); $7.1 million for surface rehabilitation of the Trans-Canada Highway from 0.3 km west of the west junction of PTH 10 to 0.3 km east of the east junction of PTH 10; $6.5 million for surface rehabilitation of Provincial Road (PR) 270 from the Trans-Canada Highway to PTH 25; $6.5 million for structure replacement on the Trans-Canada Highway westbound lanes at Willow Creek East Branch; $6.4 million for structure replacement on Trans-Canada Highway westbound lanes at Willow Creek West Branch; $5.3 million for surface rehabilitation PTH 10 from the Trans-Canada Highway to PTH 25; $3.6 million for structure replacement Trans-Canada Highway westbound lanes at South Boggy Creek from 1.1 km east of PR 340; and $1.36 million works on PR 457 from 0.5 km east of PR 110 to 0.5 km east of PR 468;
“Today’s announcement is great news for Brandon and the Westman region,” said Brandon Mayor Jeff Fawcett. “These multi-year improvements, continued repairs to 18th Street, and the ongoing project to replace Daly Overpass Bridge ensure that Brandon is set up for a prosperous future.”
In addition to these investments, the department has increased its maintenance and operations budget this upcoming fiscal year by $11 million — the first time there has been such an increase in the last decade.
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