The Federal and Manitoba governments have announced joint funding to improve two provincial roads in northern Manitoba. A bituminous rehabilitation project south of Snow Lake will restore approximately 26 kilometers of Provincial Trunk Highway 39 from Provincial Road 392 eastward.  The federal and provincial governments will each provide more than 3.9 million dollars to the highway rehabilitation.

Provincial Road 280 near Thompson will be upgraded over 10 kilometers to meet demands of current traffic volume and projected trends surrounding the towns of Gillam and Sundance as well as the community of Split Lake.  The federal and provincial governments will each invest over 2.4 million dollars in this road upgrade.

The funding comes from the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

The federal government has also announced an additional 8.82 million dollars to the Manitoba government to continue the support of essential air services for remote communities in the province.