The Manitoba government is investing more than 420 million dollars in vital transportation routes and infrastructure over the next five years to build stronger northern communities.  Included in that investment is over 100 million for Provincial Trunk Highway 6 including 40 million in projects such as twinning and passing lanes for the section of Highway 6 from Highway 101 to Grosse Isle.

They also plan to spend 98.3 million dollars on Provincial Road 283 for a new bridge at the Pasquia River and bituminous reconstruction from the Saskatchewan boundary to Highway 10 at The Pas.  They note once complete this section will support Manitoba’s heaviest allowable loads and will complete 39.7 kilometers of the trade and commerce grid.

Further north they will provide 74 million dollars for the development of a sustainable northern corridor through the Port of Churchill enabling the potential for the export of key resources such as liquefied natural gas.

Other improvements include roads and airport facilities in various northern communities.