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Transportation and Works
September 13, 2010

Residents of Carbonear and New Harbour Areas
to Benefit from Road Improvements

The Williams Government is continuing to make road improvements throughout the province through its unprecedented provincial infrastructure strategy. Thanks to a recent tender call, road improvements will soon be carried out in the Carbonear and New Harbour areas.

"Our government's investments in roadwork throughout the past several years have led to great improvements to this province's transportation network," said the Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Transportation and Works. "We will continue to spend strategically to ensure that our highway network, particularly in rural areas, is meeting the needs of the residents and businesses who use them."

The tender includes the repaving of various sections of Route 70 between Incinerator Road and Goff Avenue in Carbonear and the replacement of a culvert and associated roadwork in New Harbour.

"This work demonstrates our government's continued commitment to improving roads throughout our province," said the Honourable Jerome Kennedy, MHA for Carbonear-Harbour Grace. "These needed improvements to Route 70 will be welcomed by residents and others travelling to the area."

"The replacement of this culvert and associated road upgrading in New Harbour will help to correct an existing flooding problem in the area and be of benefit to motorists travelling in the region," said Calvin Peach, MHA for Bellevue. "Improving the flow of water at this location is great news for this area which has seen some water damage in the recent past during periods of heavy rainfall."

Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future allocates a record $1 billion for provincial infrastructure investments, for a total infrastructure strategy valued at more than $5 billion over the next several years. As part of this investment, $177.7 million in Provincial Government funding is allocated for road and bridge expenditures throughout the province. This funding will be supplemented by an additional $57.9 million in Federal Government funding for a total road and bridge investment of $235.6 million in 2010-11.

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Media contacts:

Roger Scaplen
Director of Communications
Department of Transportation and Works
709-729-3015, 697-5267
rogerscaplen@gov.nl.ca
Bill Dooley
Constituency Assistant to
Hon. Jerome Kennedy,
MHA for Carbonear-Harbour Grace
709- 729-0425
billdooley@gov.nl.ca
Donna Ivey
Communications Manager
Government Members Office
709-729-0898, 697-1424
donnaivey@gov.nl.ca
 

2010 09 13                                                     10:25 a.m.
 


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