More than $85 million worth of work is to be done on Saskatchewan’s highways under the provincial government’s spring tender schedule.
Among the projects up for tender are:
- Highway 3 twinning west of Prince Albert;
- Highway 11 intersection improvements south of Saskatoon;
- Highway 20 turning lane construction near Humboldt;
- Highway 24 grading and paving from Leoville to west of Chitek Lake;
- Highway 28 surfacing from Lake Alma to Radville;
- Highway 35 repairs at Tisdale;
- Highway 38 embankment safety improvement south of Greenwater Provincial Park;
- Highway 135 lighting improvement at Pelican Narrows Airport;
- Highways 155 and 908 spot improvements north of Buffalo Narrows and north of Ile-a-la-Crosse; and
- Culvert replacements at more than 30 locations.
Tender advertisements are underway, and all tenders can be seen here. Start dates for the projects are dependent on the weather as well as the availability of the contractors.
“The Government of Saskatchewan is improving more than 1,350 km of provincial highways this year, the second of its 10-year Growth Plan goal to build and upgrade 10,000 km of highways,” the Ministry of Highways said in its release.
“With this year’s projects, the province is ahead of the pace needed to meet this target at 2,350 km improved.”