Transportation and
Works - 2005 |
Click
here to view past releases from Works, Services and Transportation.
In the 2004 departmental restructuring, sections of this department were
moved to Government Services. |
January,
February, March, April,
May,
June,
July, August, September,
October, November,
December
January
January 13
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Ministers to address Road Builders/Heavy Civil Association
Road from Red Bay to Lodge Bay will remain open as weather conditions permit
Government
participates in Marine Atlantic�s Advisory Committee Roundtable
January 26
Minister
clarifies policy on class 4 roads
January 27
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to address the
Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Association
January 31
Minister
reiterates status of road winter maintenance
Highway improvement project funding for Newfoundland and Labrador
February
February 4
Minister advises public of government�s snow clearing
practices
February 8
Ministers reiterate policy on use of satellite
phones
February 9
Minister clarifies snow clearing practices on the
Bonavista Peninsula and staff reorganization
February 17
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister Tom Rideout will address
the Atlantic Provinces Ready Mix Concrete Association
February 18
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister Tom Rideout to address
the Lewisporte and Area Chamber of Commerce
February 23
New maintenance office and garage for Corner Brook
March
March 9
Minister says snow clearing equipment was
underfunded by previous administration
March 11
Minister clarifies new funding and new depot for Trans Labrador Highway
Road from Red Bay to Lodge Bay can no longer be kept open
March 17
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to address Labrador West
Chamber of Commerce
March 18
NOTE TO EDITORS: Re-scheduling of Chamber of
Commerce meeting
March 21
Strategic initiatives to safeguard our
natural heritage
Budget 2005 announces strategic
investments in marine infrastructure
Budget 2005 builds on infrastructure
commitments
March 22
Minister announces awarding of
contract for Sir Robert Bond refit
March 28
Minister provides details of building demolitions
March 31
Minister provides details on winterization of depots
April
April13
Efforts to re-open road between Red Bay and Lodge
Bay have begun
April 19
Minister says department is committed to highway
safety
April 22
Minister announces MV Apollo will begin season
early
April 29
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to visit the districts of
Humber East and Humber West
May
May 6
Minister acknowledges receipt of Advisory Committee�s
report on Marine Atlantic
May 11
Minister announces 2005 Provincial Roads
Improvement Program
May 13
Road work announced for Baie Verte district
May 20
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to hold news conference,
Lewisporte, May 24 Subject: Provincial Roads Improvement Program
Motorists reminded to watch for moose when driving in
province
Road work announced for
Labrador West District
May 24
Road work announced for Lewisporte District
Twillingate-Fogo to benefit
from provincial roads program
Road work announced for
Exploits, Grand Falls-Buchans and Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune districts
Road work announced for
Ferryland District
May 25
Minister announces underwater diving inspection of
Lewisporte wharf
Road improvements announced
for Gander district
May 26
Road improvements announced for St. John�s North
May 30
Details of winterization of depots outlined
June
June 2
Road improvements announced for Humber West
District
June 3
Minister announces shipping dates for Labrador
Marine Service
Minister ensures there will
be a focus on quality roads
Expressions of Interest
called for long-term care facility in Corner Brook
June 7
Road improvements announced for Cape St. Francis
District
Road projects announced for
Harbour Main-Whitbourne District
June 8
Road work announced for Bellevue District
June 10
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to attend Canadian
National Railway Lands transfer ceremony
Road improvements announced
for Topsail District
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister
unable to attend scheduled events in Grand Falls-Windsor
Road improvements announced
for Humber Valley District June 15
MV Apollo getting a new engine
June 16
Road improvements announced for Kilbride District
June 17
Minister
announces funding for City of St. John's Summer Cleanup Project
June 21
Road improvements announced for Bonavista South
June 30
Burin-Placentia West District to benefit from
Provincial Roads Improvement Program
July
July 6
Road projects announced for The Straits and White Bay
North District
St. Barbe District to
benefit from provincial roads program
July 7
MV Nonia put into service
July 8
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to attend ceremony
July 12
Road improvements announced for Bonavista North
July 13
Road work announced for
Conception Bay South
Road work announced for
Conception Bay East and Bell Island
July 15
Humber East District to benefit from roads program
Prime consultant selected for Corner Brook long-term
care facility
July 19
Minister clarifies provincial vessel replacement
strategy
July 21
Billboards to remind motorists of potential for
moose-vehicle collisions
July 22
Road improvements announced for Trinity-Bay de
Verde
July 25
NOTE TO EDITORS - News conference, Stephenville
Subject: Road work announcements
July 26
Funding announced for
upgrades to Route 230
Road improvements announced
for St. George�s - Stephenville East District
Road improvements announced
for Port au Port District
Road improvements announced
for Trinity North District
August
August 1
Minister
addresses road maintenance in western region
August 2
Road improvements announced for Windsor-Springdale
August 4
Minister
announces awarding of contract for road work in Labrador West
Governments
of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador to invest more than $1 million in
intelligent transportation
Lake
Melville District to benefit from provincial roads program
August 5
Minister
announces awarding of contract for road work in
Humber
Valley
August 8
Minister announces contracts for road work in Grand
Falls-Buchans and Bellevue districts
Road work announced for Placentia & St. Mary�s
August 9
Minister announces
awarding of contract for road work in Harbour Main�Whitbourne District
August 10
Minister announces awarding of contract for road work
in Baie Verte District
Road improvements announced for Grand Bank, Cartwright � L�Anse au Clair,
Carbonear � Harbour Grace and Burgeo � LaPoile Districts
Minister announces funding for Grand Concourse
Authority
August 11
Government of
Canada and Government of Newfoundland and Labrador partner to fund highway
rehabilitation
August 12
Minister addresses road construction and maintenance in
Humber East and Bay of Islands districts
Minister announces contract
for road work at Clinch Crescent in St. John�s North District
August 16
Minister addresses repairs on Route 440
August 19
Minister announces Labrador West district to
receive crushed gravel
August 24
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Minister to host meeting of Atlantic Transportation Ministers
August 25
Minister addresses tender calls and completion of
road projects under provincial roads program
Minister welcomes Atlantic
Transportation Ministers to Lewisporte
August 26
Minister addresses road projects in Grand Bank District
and discusses carryover road work under provincial roads programs
August 29
Minister announces road projects for Exploits
District
August 30
Grace Hospital to receive environmental remediation
September
September 1
Minister announces awarding of contract for road
work in Bonavista South
Construction to continue on
Clinch Crescent
Minister announces awarding
of contract for road work in Cape St. Francis District
September 2
Minister announces awarding of contract for road
work in St. Barbe District
September 8
Minister provides information on status of Little
Bay Islands ferry service
September 9
Minister announces awarding of contract for
continued work on Phase III of the Trans Labrador Highway
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Ground-breaking ceremony for long term care facility, Clarenville
September 12
Site preparation to begin for Clarenville
long-term care facility
September 13
Minister visits construction site of Trans Labrador
Highway
Minister provides update
on province�s ferry operations
September 14
Road projects announced for
Terra Nova District
September 15
Minister clarifies on plans for the Bell Island and
Fogo Island ferry services
September 16
Minister announces awarding of contract for road
work in Placentia and St. Mary�s
Minister addresses reports
on Labrador transportation
NOTE TO EDITORS: Department
provides details on placement of election signs
September 19
Minister announces that ferry rates will be made
consistent for the transport of fuel
NOTE TO EDITORS: Ministers
to attend transportation meetings
September 20
Consultant selected for vessel replacement strategy
Minister announces
awarding of contract for road improvements in Conception Bay East and
Bell Island
September 22
NOTE TO EDITORS: MV Sound of Islay
servicing Long Island � Pilley�s Island
Minister announces awarding
of contract for road work in Humber West
September 23
Council of Ministers responsible for Transportation
and Highway Safety - National Highway System expansion announced (Version fran�aise)
Minister achieves additions
to the national highway system
September 26
Minister says government will meet its
commitments regarding vessel replacement
September 27
Minister announces awarding
of contracts for government�s local and long distance telephone services
September 28
Awarding
of contracts for work on Trans Labrador Highway
Awarding of contract for
road work in Bonavista North
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister
to assess roads on west coast
September 30
Government examining options for building ferries
in this province
Contract awarded for
Corner Brook long-term care facility
October
October 6
Minister announces awarding of contract for road work
in Gander District
October 7
Minister announces awarding of contract for
road work in Trinity-Bay de Verde
Transportation depot to be
constructed along Trans Labrador Highway
October 8
NOTE TO EDITORS: MV Inch Arran takes over
ferry service at Long Island
October 11
Minister
announces contract for road work in Port au Port District
Minister announces awarding
of contract for road work in St. George�s-Stephenville East
October 12
Minister announces awarding of contract for
upgrades to Route 230
Contract awarded for
demolition of portions of the former Grace Hospital
October 13
Minister announces awarding of contract for road
work in Burin-Placentia West District
October 14
Contract awarded for rehabilitation of Trans Canada
Highway between Manuel�s Interchange and Thomas�s Pond
Contract awarded for
rehabilitation of Trans Canada Highway between Holyrood Interchange and the
Salmonier Line Interchange
October 18
Minister advises of closure dates for the Labrador
shipping season
Minister announces awarding of contract for road work
in the Straits and White Bay North District
October 19
Minister says occupational health and safety issues are
being addressed
October 20
Minister announces awarding of contract for road work
in Trinity North
Minister announces awarding
of contract for road work in Humber East
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MV Island Joiner takes over ferry service
at Long Island
October 22
Minister says RCMP should address concerns through
appropriate channels
October 24
NOTE TO
EDITORS: Vessel reconfiguration is in progress
October 25
NOTE TO EDITORS: Blasting to be carried out at wharf in
Portugal Cove
October 26
Ceremonial sod turning for Corner Brook long-term
care facility
October 26
NOTE TO EDITORS: Update on vessel reconfiguration
October 27
Minister awards contract for completion of final
stages of Bifurcation Road
October 28
Minister says Bell Island well served by ferries
NOTE TO
EDITORS: MV Beaumont Hamel currently operating on increased
schedule for Fogo Island � Change Islands ferry service
October 31
NOTE TO EDITORS: MV Nonia currently
operating on Portugal Cove � Bell Island run
November
November 1
Contract extension announced for MV Northern Ranger
November 4
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MV Nonia to get ramp extension
NOTE TO EDITORS: Work on
Trans Canada Highway to begin next week
November 9
Cancer clinic at Grand Falls-Windsor moving ahead on
schedule
November 16
Minister says
department well prepared for winter maintenance
November 22
NOTE TO EDITORS: News Conference, Subject:
Provincial Roads Program
November 23
Funding pre-approved for Provincial Roads Program to
ensure early start
November 29
NOTE TO EDITORS: Christmas Lights Across Canada
Ceremony 2005
December
December 1
Ministerial Statement - Christmas Lights Across Canada
Ceremony
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, December 2
Subject: Provincial highway sign campaign
December 2
New highway signs encourage seatbelt usage
December 5
Snow Means Slow campaign launched
Minister clarifies National
Highway System designation
December 12
Ministerial Statement - Trans-Labrador Highway
December 13
New Corner Brook long-term care facility to be
province�s first �Green Building�
December 14
Minister provides extension to MV Apollo
ferry service
December 15
Province replaces 10 per cent of winter maintenance
fleet
December 16
Road and bridge improvements announced for
Lewisporte district
Road improvements announced
for Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
MV Apollo
schedule changed for December 22 only
December 21
NOTE TO EDITORS: Dedication of the Veterans
Memorial Highway sign
December 22
Political parties reminded of rules for placement
of election signs
December 28
Motorists urged to be prepared for winter�s worst
|