Improvements to five sections of road will increase safety and efficiency for drivers in several rural communities, says Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Ron MacKinley.
“The improvements we plan to make in this round of tenders are focussed entirely on rural Prince Edward Island,” said Minister MacKinley. “These are roads used by our agricultural and fisheries sectors to get their products to market, by residents, and by tourists who come to the Island to see the sights.”
Projects included in this round of tenders are as follows:
- Resurfacing on .9 km of Route 152, Union Road, in St. Louis.
- Resurfacing on 2.3 km of Route 1A in North Bedeque
- Resurfacing and widening on 3.1 km of Route 25, York Road in Covehead
- Resurfacing on 3 km of Route 1 between Desable Bridge and Shore Road
- Resurfacing on .5 km of Route 2 at the intersection of Route 133, Ellerslie Road
“The projects announced today represent a $3-million dollar investment in the province’s road network” said Minister MacKinley. “That’s only a small portion of this year’s $40-million capital budget for road and bridge infrastructure, so there will be many more projects announced in the days and weeks ahead.”
For a listing of road construction projects on Prince Edward island visit www.buildpei.ca