Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Manitoba to invest $61M to upgrade segment of Provincial Trunk Highway 75
The Government of Manitoba announced it is investing more than $61 million to restore a segment of Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 75 from Morris to…
Highways and Infrastructure
Manitoba announces start of next phase of PTH construction project
The Government of Manitoba announced that construction work is continuing on Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 101 and PTH 100, the North and South Perimeter Highways.…
$5.6M Highway 21 bypass in Unity, SK nearing completion
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that a $5.6 million bypass for Highway 21 at Unity is nearing completion. “We are making investments across the province…
Road resiliency strengthened along B.C.’s Highway 19
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work is underway on Highway 19 through Nanaimo and Lantzville to improve the road surface and…
Saskatchewan to add 28 passing lanes on Highway 16
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that there will be 28 passing lanes and multiple intersection upgrades on Highway 16, which will improve safety along the…
Permanent repairs coming for Othello section of B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway 5
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that permanent repairs to the Othello section of the Coquihalla Highway 5 will begin soon, helping rebuild the…
Highway 7 four-lane upgrade project in B.C. goes to tender
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work will begin this fall to upgrade the final undivided two-lane section of Highway 7 to…
Recycled Roads
Durham Region pilots road reconstruction using recycled materials. The principles of “rethink, reduce and reuse,” have been around a long time, but new takes on…
Saskatchewan nears completion of more than $100M in highway construction
The Saskatchewan Government announced that a multi-year series of highway safety improvements is nearing completion on Highway 7. The latest upgrades include passing lanes between…
North Vancouver’s Lower Lynn Improvements Project wraps up
The Government of British Columbia announced that all four phases of the Lower Lynn Improvements Project are complete, providing improved traffic flow and better active…
Trans-Labrador Highway paving completed marking historic day
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that a significant accomplishment in transportation infrastructure in the province was achieved July 5, as paving of the…
Permanent repairs begin soon to B.C.’s Coquihalla and Highway 1
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that permanent repairs to flood-damaged sections of the Coquihalla (Highway 5) and Highway 1 will soon be underway.…
Manitoba invests $36M in Burntwood River Bridge rehabilitation
The Manitoba government is investing $36 million toward the rehabilitation of the Miles Hart Bridge, which spans the Burntwood River three kilometres north of Provincial…
Canada home to world’s first sound absorptive solar highway noise barrier
Mitrex, a Toronto-based manufacturer of integrated photovoltaics, has released a photovoltaic noise barrier (PVNB), which offers a Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) rating of up to…
Contracts awarded for Avalon Peninsula road work
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that two contracts have been awarded to complete roadwork on highways on the southern Avalon Peninsula. A contract…
Highway construction season underway in Alberta
The 2022 highway construction season is underway in the province of Alberta with nearly $1.4 billion being invested in 300 capital and highway improvement projects.…
Province releases plan to expand transportation network in Eastern Ontario
The Ontario government has released Connecting the East: a draft transportation plan for eastern Ontario, which contains more than 50 near- and long-term actions, including highway expansions…
Ontario releases transportation and transit plan for Greater Golden Horseshoe
With the population of the Greater Golden Horseshoe expected to reach almost 15 million people over the next 30 years, the Ontario government released Connecting…
Nova Scotia unveils $500M five-year highway improvement plan
The Government of Nova Scotia announced that it will invest nearly $500 million in capital spending on its highways, bridges and roads in 2022-23. The…
Construction underway on B.C.’s Highway 99 transit, cycling improvements
As part of British Columbia’s Highway 99 Tunnel Program, construction is underway on upgrades to the Highway 99 corridor to make transit more reliable and…
Hundreds of Alberta road and bridge projects completed in 2021
Approximately $1.5 billion was invested in 172 projects in the 2021 construction season, according to the Alberta government. “Albertans need and expect safe and efficient…
No more tolls on Nova Scotia’s Cobequid Pass highway
Effective December 16, at 11 a.m., the province eliminated tolls for Nova Scotia-registered vehicles using the Cobequid Pass highway. “Our government promised to remove tolls…
Contracts awarded for work on central Newfoundland highways
Contracts totaling more than $8.1 million have been awarded to J-1 Contracting Limited for road work in various communities in central Newfoundland. These contracts include…
Manitoba releases spring construction tendering schedule
The Manitoba government announced the spring construction tendering schedule and will proceed with over $630 million in infrastructure projects in the 2021-22 fiscal year, according…