24-hour snow clearing to be implemented in coming days, says Transportation Minister
The province’s transportation minister is hopeful 24-hour snow clearing on 14 of the provinces busiest routes will be implemented in the coming days, as the recruitment of staff is almost complete.
Back in November the newly elected PC government promised to reinstate 24-hour snow clearing on some of the province’s busiest highways. Transportation Minister Barry Petten says the recruitment of staff, mostly heavy equipment maintenance officers, has taken longer than anticipated.
The province received 180 applications from equipment operators, and has approved 44 of those applications.
Most Travelled Routes in Province
Avalon Region
- Route 1 (TCH) — Logy Bay Road to Foxtrap (includes the Outer Ring Road)
- Route 1 (TCH) – Foxtrap to Whitbourne
- Route 2 (Pitts Memorial Drive/CBS Bypass/Peacekeeper’s Way) — New Gower Street to Seal Cove
- Route 3A (Team Gushue Highway — TCH to Topsail Road
- Route 75 (Veterans Memorial Highway) — TCH to Carbonear
Eastern Region
- Route 1 (TCH) — Whitbourne to Clarenville
Central Region
- Route 1 (TCH) — Gander to Grand Falls Windsor
- Route 350 (Botwood Highway) — TCH to Botwood
Western Region
- Route 1 (TCH) — Deer Lake to Stephenville (Exit 3 — Route 460, White’s Road)
- Route 430 (Great Northern Peninsula Highway) — Deer Lake to Rocky Harbour (through Gros Morne National Park — Parks Canada Jurisdiction)
- Route 450/450A (Lewin Parkway/Ring Road)
- Route 460 (Port au Port Highway) — TCH to the Stephenville Cold Brook Depot