News Releases 2007

December 2007

• December 18, 2007 - MINISTER OF HIGHWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISES CAUTION ON ROADS DURING HOLIDAYS
• December 12, 2007 - PROVINCE RELEASES FIRST PHASE OF 2008 HIGHWAY TENDERS

September 2007

• September 18, 2007 - $19,850 IN AIRPORT FUNDING APPROVED FOR YORKTON   
• September 17, 2007 - PRIMARY WEIGHT CORRIDORS LAUNCHED  
• September 14, 2007 - PROVINCE INVESTS MORE THAN $34 MILLION TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION LINKS TO FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES
• September 4, 2007 -  $79 MILLION TO BE INVESTED IN MAJOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN  
• September 4, 2007 -  $25.3 MILLION INVESTED IN MAJOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN  

August 2007 

• August 21, 2007 - 39,000 TIRES RECYCLED IN $5-MILLION-WORTH OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
• August 15, 2007 - PROVINCE AND MUNICIPALITIES PARTNER TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY 339
• August 2, 2007 -  PROVINCE INVESTING $16.1-MILLION IN PRINCE ALBERT AREA TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 

 July 2007 

• July 27, 2007 - NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT FROM HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS
• July 26, 2007 - TWINNING ON HIGHWAY 16 TO COMPLETE NORTH BATTLEFORD TO LLOYDMINSTER CORRIDOR
• July 26, 2007 - $24.4 MILLION WORTH OF MAJOR HIGHWAY, BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTLEFORDS/LLOYDMINSTER AREA  
• July 13, 2007 - IMPROVED ACCESS, SAFETY ON HIGHWAY 56 TOURISM CORRIDOR
• July 11, 2007 - PROVINCE TO INVEST $7.5 MILLION IN HIGHWAY 310 UPGRADE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
• July 11, 2007 - PROVINCE COMMITS FUNDING TO HIGHWAY 22 UPGRADE
• July 10, 2007 - WEIGHT SURVEY GATHERING DATA FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS
• July 3, 2007 -   NEW AIRPORT PROGRAM TAKES FLIGHT

June 2007

• June 27, 2007 - PROVINCE UNVEILS URBAN CONNECTOR FUNDING AND INVESTMENT IN SASKATOON SOUTH RIVER CROSSING PROJECT
• June 25, 2007 - TRANSPORTATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE INVESTMENT IN HIGHWAY 368 CORRIDOR
• June 4, 2007 -   PROVINCE TO UPGRADE ACCESS ROAD TO MISTAWASIS FIRST NATION
• June 1, 2007 -   CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO TAKE PLACE ON HIGHWAY 903

May 2007

• May 28, 2007 - GRAVEL CRUSHING START-UP TO HELP BUILD ROADS IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
• May 29, 2007 - NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK PROCLAIMED IN SASKATCHEWAN
• May 7, 2007 -  FINAL PHASE OF $6.7 MILLION BATTLEFORDS BRIDGE REHAB UNDERWAY 

March 2007 

• March 27, 2007 - SPRING RUNOFF, FLOODING MAY IMPACT HIGHWAYS
• March 14, 2007 - PREMIER ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION TO RURAL MUNICIPALITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
• March 6, 2007 - PROVINCE INVESTS $5 BILLION IN NEW TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY FOR SASKATCHEWAN

February 2007

• February 12, 2007 - IMPROVING CONNECTIONS FOR FIRST NATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN
• February 8, 2007 -   ICE ROAD CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY IN FAR NORTH