Backgrounder: Four highway improvement projects in Saskatchewan receive government funding
Backgrounder
The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are investing in well-planned infrastructure that will make it easier to move people and products across the country, while supporting sustained economic growth and productivity for years to come. The following four highway improvement projects will receive more than $75 million in joint federal-provincial funding to improve road infrastructure across the province.
Location |
Project description |
Federal contribution |
Provincial contribution |
Total eligible costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Town of Wadena; Town of Watson |
Rehabilitation of approximately 31 km of Highway 5. |
$4,396,171 |
$4,503,829 |
$8,800,000 |
Village of Belle Plaine; Village of Craven; Northern Town of La Ronge; Town of Lumsden; Village of Meath Park; Town of Moosomin; Town of Raymore; Town of Rocanville; Town of Unity; Town of Wilkie |
Eight sections of highway, totalling approximately 76 km will be rehabilitated along highways 1, 6, 8, 14, 20, 21, 55 and 102. |
$12,419,753 |
$14,090,247 |
$25,960,000 |
Resort Village of Cochin; City of Melfort; City of North Battleford |
Rehabilitation of approximately 10 km of Highway 3. Construction of four sets of passing lanes on Highway 4 and the rehabilitation of approximately 21 km. |
$8,093,250 |
$8,723,250 |
$16,186,500 |
Town of Delisle; Town of Grenfell; City of Moose Jaw |
Rehabilitation of approximately 43 km of Highway 1 and approximately 37 km of Highway 7. |
$7,830,004 |
$15,419,996 |
$22,800,000 |
Total federal and provincial contributions |
$32,739,178 |
$42,737,322 |
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