Transportation and Works
April 30, 2008Grand
Falls-Windsor-Buchans Area to Receive $2 Million in
Road Improvements
Motorists in the Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans region
will soon experience better driving conditions as the Honourable Dianne
Whalen, Minister of Transportation and Works, today announced $2 million
for road work. The investment is part of the $73 million 2008-09
Provincial Roads Improvement Program, announced earlier this year as a
part of Budget 2008.
"It is our goal as a government to make the province�s
transportation network reliable and safe," said Minister Whalen. "That�s
why the Williams Government continues to increase funding destined for
road improvements throughout the province."
Road work planned for the Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
area is as follows:
Rehabilitate Buchans Brook Bridge, Route 370;
Replace expansion joints on the Union Street
Overpass, Grand Falls-Windsor;
Rehabilitate Little Sandy Brook Bridge, Route
370;
Upgrade and resurface a section of Route 370,
Buchans Highway; and,
Upgrade and pave a section of Route 370-12,
near Millertown.
In addition to the funding under the Provincial Roads
Improvement Program, the province and the Federal Government will cost
share $600,000, on a 50-50 basis, to repair rutting on a section of the
Trans Canada Highway.
"I am pleased with the investment this government has
committed to our roads infrastructure. In particular, upgrading and
resurfacing of the Buchans Highway as well as a section of the
Millertown Road will be welcome news to residents in my district along
with the other rehabilitative improvements," said Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
MHA Susan Sullivan. "It is also good news that a cost-sharing agreement
has been reached with the Federal Government to repair the highway from
Grand Falls-Windsor to Badger making for safer and more comfortable
driving conditions."
The Provincial Roads Improvement Program will
create an estimated 1,400 person years of employment and is part of
the Provincial Government�s infrastructure strategy, valued at more
than $3 billion. As part of Budget 2008, the Williams Government
will invest $375 million in transportation infrastructure, including
$91.8 million in cost-shared agreements.
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Media contact:
David Salter
Director of Communications
Department of Transportation and Works
709-729-3015, 691-3577
davidsalter@gov.nl.ca
2008 04 30
11:00 a.m.