MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HIGHWAYS
Highways Budget Protects and
Builds with an Unprecedented
Volume of Work on the Market
An $830 million investment in Saskatchewan’s highways in
2021 will protect Saskatchewan drivers, build new roads
and grow our economy.
“!e highways budget contains over $800 million dollars in highways
investments that protect citizens by making our highways safer,” said
Minister of Highways Fred Bradshaw. “!ese investments will build capacity
so we are positioned for renewed economic growth once the pandemic
is in the rear view mirror.”
Budget 2021–22 provides $520 million for strategic capital investments
to improve safety and e"ciency on key highway corridors. One of the key
commitments is twinning Highway 3 to roughly eight kilometres west of
Prince Albert, as part of a safety review. Planning and tendering will occur
in 2021 with construction slated for 2022.
Major projects will continue with construction and design of passing
lanes to increase safety and improve tra"c #ow, including:
• Multiple stimulus passing lane projects on Highways 2, 3, 12, 14 and 16
• !ree sets of passing lanes on Highway 7 – Kindersley to the
Saskatchewan-Alberta border
• Two sets of passing lanes and widening on Highway 5 – Saskatoon
to Highway 2
• Completing the remaining passing lanes on Highway 39 – Corrine
to Estevan
!is year’s $85.4 million spring tender release, combined with last year’s
fall tender release, means MoH is pu$ing more than half a billion dollars on
the market for this construction season.
!e Government of Saskatchewan will improve 1,350 kilometres of provincial
highways, the second year of its 10-year Growth Plan goal to build
and upgrade 10,000 km of highways. !ose improvements include:
• 250 km of repaving
• 510 km of pavement sealing
• 225 km of medium treatments, like micro surfacing
• 25 km of gravel rehabilitation
• 280 km of !in Membrane Surface (TMS) and rural highway upgrades,
including 100 km delivered through stimulus funding
• 60 km of twinning and passing lanes
Highways will invest $44.5 million to rehabilitate or replace 14 bridges
and multiple culverts and $22 million in road safety investments around
the province.
!e budget also includes investments in shortline railways and municipal
transportation infrastructure, including:
• $28 million to support economic growth and safety on rural municipal
roads, including $13 million through stimulus for Rural Integrated
Roads for Growth
• $6.6 million for construction and maintenance partnerships with urban
municipalities through the Urban Highway Connector Program
• $800,000 in partnership funds for low-volume TMS and gravel roads
• $1.5 million, including $650,000 in stimulus funding, to support
community airport improvements
• $530,000 in new funding for improvements to shortline railways
!ese funds will ensure the province achieves targets of improving 100
RM roads over three years and – when combined with federal contributions
– improving 100 RM bridges over four years.
With this year’s budget, the Government of Saskatchewan has invested
more than $10.6 billion in highways infrastructure since 2008, improving
more than 17,100 kilometres of Saskatchewan highways.
The Ministry of Highways
is putting more than half a
billion dollars on the market
for this construction season.
By the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways
MYKOLA MAZURYK / 123RF
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