Transportation and Works
January 9, 2007 

New Transportation Depot for Trans Labrador Highway  

The new transportation depot at Chateau Pond - located along the Trans Labrador Highway between Red Bay and Lodge Bay - is now officially open.  Staff were deployed at the $1.4 million depot just before Christmas. 

�I�m proud that government has followed through on its commitment to build this much-needed depot,� said the Honourable John Hickey, Minister of Transportation and Works, and Minister Responsible for Labrador Affairs. 

�The new facility will allow snow-clearing crews to work from the centre of the road outward, resulting in a more effective snow-clearing effort.�  

The new depot will house personnel and snow-clearing equipment for winter maintenance along that section of the Trans Labrador Highway. 

�Since the road between Red Bay and Lodge Bay opened in the fall of 2000, severe weather conditions in this area have made it impossible to keep this portion of the highway open for the duration of the winter season,� said Minister Hickey. �This new depot will provide an ideal location to store the appropriate snow-clearing equipment and will result in a more timely service, since equipment will not have to travel long distances to access problematic areas.�   

Government has also allocated an additional $750,000 to increase personnel and snow-clearing equipment in the area.  �Government has taken a proactive approach to address snow-clearing problems in the area over the long-term,� said Minister Hickey.  

�As our experience with winter maintenance on this road evolves, we will consider other options, such as widening rock cuts and raising road grades to tackle snow accumulation in this area.� 

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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  

2007 01 09                                                        11:15 a.m.
 


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