Backgrounder: Four highway improvement projects in Saskatchewan receive government funding

Backgrounder

Backgrounder: Four highway improvement projects in Saskatchewan receive government funding

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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2019-08-16