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Ontario Government To Improve Highway 60
Investment Will Benefit Drivers In The Barry's Bay Area
BARRY'S BAY, ON, July 18 /CNW/ - The Ontario government will repave
and upgrade Highway 60 in the Township of Madawaska Valley as part of
a total $26 million investment in the area, Transportation Minister Donna
Cansfield announced today.
"Approximately 4,000 vehicles use this highway every day to travel
for work, to transport commercial goods and to travel to tourist destinations
such as Algonquin Park," said Cansfield. "Highway 60 is an important
economic corridor as it connects the Huntsville area and Highway 11 in
the west with
the Renfrew area and Highway 17 in the east."
Highway 60 will be repaved for a smoother drive from 7.1 kilometres east
of the Renfrew County/District of Nipissing Boundary, easterly to the
west limit of Barry's Bay.
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Other work includes:
- Intersection improvements including left turn lanes and right turn
tapers at selected intersections
- New westbound truck climbing lane
- Repaving of the Wilno/Shrine Hill Lookout Road
- Repairing and repaving Barry's Bay Patrol Yard and Access Road (Olsheski
Road).
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The Highway 60 improvement is part of a larger $26 million investment
in the area that includes:
- A recently completed highway repair contract on Highway 60 between
Renfrew County/District of Nippissing Boundary easterly for 7.1 kilometres
- The ongoing construction work on Highway 60 from Douglas to Eganville
including the intersection at Kelly's Corners.
"We want to help move people and goods faster, create jobs and
build a stronger economy," added Cansfield. "That is why the
McGuinty government is investing in highways and transit across the province."
To help insure a strong economy and high quality of life for Ontario's
families, this government is investing:
- $3.4 billion over five-years in the Southern Ontario Highway Program,
which will expand about 130 kilometres of highways, add or replace 64
bridges and repair about 1,600 kilometres of highways and 200 bridges
over the next five years
- $14.3 million in the multi-government $15.7 million Connecting Link
program to give rural residents and business better access to major
highways
- More than $1.4 billion over five years from provincial gas tax funding
into municipalities for new streetcars, buses and transit routes across
Ontario
- $1.8 billion over five years to make sure Northern Ontario highways
are safe and efficient.
To view Highway 60 Construction Projects 2006 map, please visit
http://files.newswire.ca/6/Map_-_Hwy_60.pdf
For up-to-date road condition information on major highways in the area,
visit www.roadinfo.mto.gov.on.ca
or call the ministry's road information line at (416) 235-4686, or toll-free
at 1-800-268-4686.
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www.mto.gov.on.ca
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For further information: Media Contacts: Neal Kelly,
Minister's Office, (416) 327-9134; Bob Nichols, Communications Branch,
(416) 327-1158; Public Inquiries: (416) 235-4686 (GTA), 1-800-268-4686
toll free, 1-866-471-8929 TTY |
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