The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure is seeking public input for road work projects to be added to its Five-Year Provincial Roads Plan.
The questionnaire is available at Engagenl.ca until Friday, January 15, 2021.
Participants will be asked to identify the region, route name and number, and the nearest municipality or landmark, followed by the type of issue they are experiencing.
The department will be publishing the list of road work projects ahead of the 2021-22 road construction season. Road work projects are added to each year’s roads plan so that new issues can be addressed in a timely manner.
Road projects included in the roads plan are evaluated based on safety, traffic volumes, socio-economic impacts, input from the public, and assessments by departmental engineers.
The department received 227 submissions to its consultation in 2019 and a total of 1,356 submissions to consultations held in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
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“These consultations are a great opportunity for the public to let us know about road work that is important to them. The responses that we receive help us proceed with our road construction plans in a way that is responsible to all taxpayers. We encourage everyone to participate.”
Honourable Derrick Bragg
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
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