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CREWS TACKLE NEW PROJECTS DESPITE SOGGY CONDITIONS

Released on June 20, 2012

Mother Nature is presenting some real challenges for highway construction and maintenance crews in the province. But despite wet soggy weather, there are more than half a dozen new highway construction projects scheduled to begin this week.

"Although crews have been facing some adversity in the form of inclement weather, it's still early in the construction season and with a return to drier weather, there's time to catch up," Highways and Infrastructure Minister Don McMorris said. "The length of the construction season depends on the weather and typically it runs well into the month of October and even November if we have a mild fall."

Additional new work scheduled to get underway this week includes installation of a culvert under Highway 1 near Wapella, paving along Highway 1 near Indian Head, patching on Highway 16 near North Battleford and grading near St. Louis on Highways 2 and 25.

"Saskatchewan's growth agenda includes having the right infrastructure in place and we're taking steps through investments in our highways to make that happen," McMorris said.

The weekly construction update is posted to the Highway Hotline Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SaskatchewanHighwayHotline and Tweeted @SKGovHwyHotline. Images of various construction projects can be found in a photo gallery on the ministry's website at www.highways.gov.sk.ca/constructionseason2012.

Additional travel information about emergency road closures due to severe weather and other events, the status of ferries and barges, along with other road activities, can also be found on the Highway Hotline at www.highways.gov.sk.ca/road-conditions. It's also available by calling 306-787-7623 in Regina, 306-933-8333 in Saskatoon, the SaskTel cellular network at *ROAD, toll-free across Canada at 1-888-335-7623 and via the Highway Hotline mobile website at www.hotline.gov.sk.ca/sk/map/mobile.

Remember to obey flag persons, electronic message boards relating to road work or potential detours and slow down to 60 km/hr when entering the Orange Zone.

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For more information, contact:

Steve Shaheen
Highways and Infrastructure
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4867

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