The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works, and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and MP for St. John’s South - Mount Pearl, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, will provide an update on the opening of the Team Gushue Highway extension from Kenmount Road to Topsail Road tomorrow, (Friday, November 30). They will be joined by the Honourable Siobhan Coady, Minister of Natural Resources and MHA for St. John’s West, and Danny Breen, Mayor of St. John’s.

Minister Crocker and Minister O’Regan will also provide an update on the extension of the highway from Topsail Road to Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive.

The event is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Media are asked to gather at Mount Pearl Square, 760 Topsail Road, where they will be provided a tour of the new section of highway.

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Transportation and Works
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