The Saskatchewan highways ministry says milder weather has prompted winter weight season to be postponed on all relevant secondary highways. Typically winter weights begin on November 16th each year and run through March 14th. Highways minister Jeremy Cockrill says the program is temporarily postponed until colder weather arrives. He says without sufficient freezing, extra weight […]
The City of Regina is ready to “decommission” the old Winnipeg Street overpass over Ring Road, now that the new, improved version is ready. Its will take some heavy equipment a couple of days to tear down the old overpass. Traffic restrictions will go into effect on Friday morning, until Monday morning while the work […]
As harvest gets underway, SGI is reminding you to watch out for slow farm vehicles on grid roads, and the occassional highway. SGI’s Tyler McMurchy says in the past five years there has been 86 crashes involving farm equipment on Saskatchewan roads, resulting in 41 people being hurt, and seven people being killed. McMurchy says […]
We’ve all driven across some roads that have made us clench our teeth, brace for impact, or curse out loud from the big thud of a tire slamming in and out of a pothole. There are some roads in Saskatchewan that are particularly bad, and every year CAA-Saskatchewan likes to find out which one is […]
The Sask Party Government and SARM are teaming up to try and fix some rural highways in Saskatchewan. Through the Rural Intergrated Roads Program more than 41 communities will share 15.3 million dollars to improve local highways. “The RIRG program has been very well received over the past several years,” Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw said […]
It looks like March is going to come in like a lion, as Environment Canada predicts another winter blast for the city. Regina could see as much as 10 cm of snow from Thursday through to Friday this week – something city crews are prepared for. Even though most Regina citizens – undoubtedly are not. […]
The Regina Police Service is informing motorists of extremely icy conditions in the City. RPS said that officers have currently responded to upwards of 10 collisions on the Ring Road. They are advising motorists to avoid driving on Ring Road and, if they must, they ask that they slow down and use extreme caution, especially […]
The highways ministry says winter weights will be allowed on all applicable highways on Monday, December 20th. This includes central and southern regions. The northern regions saw winter weights go into effect December 13th. Milder weather this fall resulted in postponement of winter weight season this year. Typically, these temporary weights are removed on […]
City of Regina crews have been out 24/7 since this week’s blizzard started doing what they can to keep Regina’s main arteries as clean as can be and make that drive stress-free. “We have asked for and gotten some reinforcements.” Mayor Sandra Masters said Wednesday afternoon. “With the wind, we have significant drifts piling up […]
Road construction and repair remains at the top of the list when it comes to how the city should be prioritizing things as it plans for the 2022 budget. 73 percent of 1,300 residents who answered a survey on the topic say that area remains number one on their spending list with public safety and […]
