Works, Services and Transportation -
2001
January,
February, March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October, November,
December
January 18
Season closes
for Straits ferry
February
February 7
More federal attention needed on transportation,
province tells national panel
February 15
Highway
initiatives for 2001/2002
March
March 5
$30 million in contracts awarded for Trans Labrador Highway
March 22
Roads budget gets $6 million upgrade
Province calls upon federal government to jointly fund causeway
March 27
New ramp for St.
Barbe wharf
March 29
Transportation
minister outlines services available in the event of labour action
April
April 2
Access to
Confederation Building
April 3
Ministerial
Statement - Snow clearing operations
April 4
Updates on Roads and Ferry Operations
April 5
Status of Ferry Operations
Road Report Update
April 6
Road Report Update
Status of Ferry Operations
April 9
Status of Ferry
Operations
April 11
Status of Ferry Operations
April 19
CBN bypass
details released
April 26
Road
improvement projects announced for Bonavista South
Road improvement projects announced for Terra Nova
Almost $1 million to be spent on Trinity North
roads projects
May
May 1
Road improvement projects announced for Lewisporte
area
May 3
Road upgrades for Carbonear - Harbour Grace area
Major road improvement projects announced for Bellevue district
May 7
$1 million for Baie Verte roads
May 8
$1 million for road improvements in Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune
Bay of Islands receives $800,000 for roads
Road improvement projects announced for Conception Bay East and Bell Island
Road improvement projects announced for Exploits
May 9
Half a million dollars in road improvements for Grand Falls - Buchans
Road improvement projects for CBS
Road improvement projects for the Straits and
White Bay North
Over $1 million for roads in Trinity - Bay De Verde
Road improvement
projects for Harbour Main - Whitbourne
Over half a million
dollars for road upgrades in Burgeo-La Poile
Almost half a million dollars for roads in Ferryland
Major upgrades for
Port au Port roads
Over half a million
dollars for road upgrades in Placentia and St. Mary�s
Road improvement projects for Kilbride district
North West River
Road to get facelift
May 10
Ministerial
Statement - Provincial roads program
$950,000 for Humber Valley roads
$1.2 million for Twillingate-Fogo roads projects
May 14
Improvements for Torbay Road
May 15
Major road work for Bonavista North
May 16
Completion of Cooper Boulevard announced
New format for government �blue pages� more
user friendly, focuses on service
May 17
Early start for Little Bay Islands ferry
May 25
$1.5 million
for roads in Mount Pearl
Road improvement
project announced for Humber East
May 29
Funding
announced to begin environmental work for Phase III of Trans-Labrador Highway
Transportation
Committee being established on Labrador�s north coast
$3 million
allocated to upgrade roads in southern Labrador communities
$1 million for
North West River Highway
June
June 1
Government
releases update on regionalization of air services
June 11
Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador
announce Labrador Airstrip Restoration Projects for 2001-2002 - Version
fran�aise
July
July 11
Roads,
airstrips being upgraded on north coast
July 26
Hopedale road
and water main improvements to begin
July 27
Next phase of Outer
Ring Road opens to traffic
August
August 3
Minister meets
with Corner Brook Port Corporation
August 7
Ministers
encouraged Marine Atlantic negotiations to re-open; essential nature of service
being addressed
August 8
$1 million
improvement project for Cartwright airstrip (Labrador) -
Version fran�aise
August 9
Ramp work begins on
St. Barbe wharf
August 14
St. George's -
Stephenville East getting $8 million road upgrades
August 22
Almost $2 million awarded for Labrador road
contracts
August 24
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August 27,
Stephenville, Subject: New Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital
August 27
Awarding of contract for new Sir Thomas Roddick
Hospital
September
September 7
Atlantic ministers responsible for
transportation meet
September 10
North Coast Transportation Committee to begin
public consultations
September 13
Government provides update on development of Fogo
Island Health Centre
September 25
Provincial and federal transportation ministers
meet
October
October 2
Minister
asks Air Canada president not to cut flights to province
October 10
Minister responds to Air Nova's fall schedule
announcement October 18
North Coast Labrador Transportation Committee
presents report to Government
November
November 21
Ministerial
Statement - Temporary lay-off of employees in Department of Works, Services and
Transportation
November 30
Transportation
minister outlines salt management plan
December
December 4
60,000 lights to
illuminate Confederation Hill
December 7
Lewisporte interchange open to traffic
December 19
Be an informed driver this winter
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