Investments
January 23, 2017 - Ontario is helping to connect communities in Eastern Ontario, keep people moving, create jobs and boost local economic growth by supporting upgrades to roads, bridges and other community infrastructure.
January 17, 2016 - Emergency stabilization work at the Ten-Mile Slide on Highway 99 northeast of Lillooet is now underway, providing immediate short-term stabilization that will allow the highway to be opened to two lanes, improving safety and mobility for the local communities and the traveling public.
January 12, 2017 - The Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories (CCIL) is urging the Ontario government to restore and strengthen independent oversight of all highway construction projects in the province. CCIL estimates that this initiative would reduce provincial expenditures by hundreds of millions of dollars – and potentially could save $2 billion or more – over the next 10 years.
January 6, 2017 - Based on project planning in 2016, the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) supported 309 local roads and bridges projects in Saskatchewan's rural municipalities last year.
December 9, 2016 - The Province of Ontario and the federal government have announced that they are partnering to expand Highway 404.
November 24, 2016 - The Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA) is pleased to hear of Mayor John Tory’s intention to create dedicated funding to invest in vital transportation infrastructure for the City of Toronto. Bold and decisive leadership is urgently needed to relieve congestion that has negatively affected Torontonians for too long.
November 18, 2016 - Manitoba’s new government is proud to move forward with strategic investments in infrastructure, beginning with planned improvements to highways, provincial roads and bridges for the 2017-18 construction season, Infrastructure Minister Blaine Pedersen announced today as he released the year’s construction tendering schedule.
November 11, 2016 - The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia have announced that more than $15 million in joint funding will go towards the Highway 101 Granite Drive interchange project between Hortonville and Coldbrook, N.S.
October 26, 2016 - The Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia have announced that more than $37 million will be invested in Highway 16.
September 13, 2016 - Following the May 2016 announcement by the Manitoba government, the East Side Road Authority (ESRA) will be dissolved and its responsibility for constructing and maintaining roads on the east side of Lake Winnipeg will be transferred to Manitoba Infrastructure. Infrastructure Minister Blaine Pedersen announced the transition plan to ESRA staff, many of whom will be provided the opportunity to seek employment opportunities within the department in the coming weeks.
August 31, 2016 - According to recent story published by The Globe and Mail, building a road that would connect remote First Nations communities in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire to the south could cost upwards of $550 million.
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