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Highway 11 To Be Repaired Near Geraldton
September 16, 2009
McGuinty Government Promotes Northern Job Creation
NEWS
Ontario is repairing 28 kilometres of Highway 11 between the Sturgeon River and Geraldton.
The repairs will improve driver safety, boost the local economy and create 37 jobs.
Supported through the Northern Highways Program, this construction project involves earth and rock ditching and clearing. The work will start this year and is scheduled to be completed by 2010.
QUOTES
“Our government is working to improve northern transportation infrastructure to create new economic activity and jobs throughout Northwestern Ontario.”
- Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry.
"Expanding and improving transportation infrastructure generates construction jobs and promotes economic growth in the north."
- Jim Bradley, Minister of Transportation.
QUICK FACTS
- Bruno’s Contracting has been awarded the $5.2-million contract.
- The 2009 Ontario Budget committed $648 million in northern highway rehabilitation and expansion in 2009-2010.
- Investments in Northern Ontario’s highway infrastructure in 2009-10 will create an estimated 4,700 jobs.
- Read the Ontario government’s five-year investment plan for highway construction in Northern Ontario.
- Get up-to-date road condition information on major highways in the area. You can also call the ministry’s road information line at 416-235-4686, or toll-free at 1-800-268-4686.
Georges Ansell, Programs & Transportation, 705 564-7596
ontario.ca/north-news
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