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In anticipation of heavy traffic this weekend, the provincial government has done maintenance work at the site of a memorial to the Humboldt Broncos.
Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the collision between the Broncos team bus and a semi at the intersection of highways 35 and 335 north of Tisdale. Sixteen people on the bus died and 13 others were injured.
A memorial was set up at the intersection shortly after the crash and the provincial government expects a high volume of traffic over the next few days as people visit the site.
As a result, the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure has put down geo-textile fabric to keep the site from becoming muddy. The ministry also has reduced the speed on the highways near the memorial and has installed message boards reminding motorists of “Foot Traffic and Parked Vehicles in Area, Slow Down to 60km/hr.”
As well, the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol and the RCMP are to be in the area to monitor the situation throughout the weekend.
“I visited the crash site a number of times in the weeks after April 6, 2018, and there was significant traffic and people there …,” Premier Scott Moe said Friday when asked about the need for the changes at the site. “In the interest of safety, Highways is taking all precautions.”
In Regina, meanwhile, the city will commemorate the anniversary by raising the Broncos’ team flag outside City Hall. The flag will go up Friday at 4 p.m., and will remain raised throughout the weekend.
As well, the lobby at City Hall will be lit up in green to mark Green Shirt Day, which is set for Sunday.
The day was proclaimed to honour former Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet, who was killed in the crash. Boulet signed his organ donor card weeks before the crash – and the decision helped extend the lives of six people.
980 CJME/650 CKOM will have special coverage of the Humboldt Broncos, One Year Later, starting Saturday at 1 p.m. Listen for the Broncos memorial service at 4:45 p.m.
— With files from 980 CJME’s Lisa Schick