The Honourable Elvis Loveless, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, today provided a list of road construction projects planned for the 2022-23 construction season. To date, tenders for 61 road construction projects have been issued in addition to contracts for 45 highway construction projects awarded in 2021 that are beginning or continuing this spring.

Minister Loveless will be available to discuss the plan and projects with media today (Monday, May 16), at 12:30 p.m. at the Transportation and Infrastructure Depot at 1170 Harding Road, St. John’s.

Some of the highlights of the roads plan include:

• Finishing paving on the Trans-Labrador Highway;
• Replacing 18 bridges;
• Paving multiple sections of the Trans-Canada Highway; and
• Paving sections of Salmonier Line, Northern Peninsula Highway, and highways on the Baie Verte Highway.

The plan includes a complete list of projects planned for the 2022-23 road construction season and a partial list for 2023-24, which allow more flexibility to address emerging priorities. More details on projects can be found in the backgrounder below.

Roads selected for each year of the provincial roads plan continue to be based on factors such as safety, traffic volumes, and input from the department’s engineers.

New criteria include factors such as commercial, industry, and tourism impacts, and populations serviced. It also includes the impacts of climate change, resulting in an increased focus on bridge and culvert repairs and replacements.

Information on tenders issued and awarded by the department and other public bodies is available by visiting www.merx.com/govnl.

Information on active highway construction projects and repairs is also available by visiting nl511.ca and on the NL 511 mobile app.

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“We have seen first-hand the impacts of climate change. Our new multi-year provincial roads plan helps improve safety on provincial highways and secure transportation links in the province. The additional criteria for ranking roads takes a common sense approach to road work and ensures that we have safer roads for people, communities, businesses and tourists in Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Honourable Elvis Loveless
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure

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BACKGROUNDER

Details of 2022-23 Provincial Roads Plan
The new provincial roads plan outlines a full list of road construction projects for the 2022-23 highway construction season and a partial list of projects for the following year, which allows more flexibility to address emerging highway projects each year. Roads included in the plan are based on factors such as safety; traffic volumes; input from engineers; commercial, industry, and tourism factors; and climate change, which has resulted in an increased focus on repairing and replacing bridges and culverts.

Route	Route Name	Description	2022-23	2023-24
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Re-line and replace culverts on Avalon divided highway	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Mill and fill sections on Avalon divided highway between St. John’s and Whitbourne	•	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate South Brook Bridge	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Upgrade and pave South Brook to West Bottom	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Grand Falls-Windsor West Overpasses	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace Aspen Brook Bridge	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace Rushy Pond Bridge	•	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Pave Norris Arm to Lewisporte intersection	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace Shoal Harbour River Bridge, realign road and pave	•	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Salmon River Bridge Port Blandford	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate culvert  near Glovertown	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Repair Spencer Bridge near Glovertown	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Port Blandford CNR Overpass Extension	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate culvert near Thorburn Lake	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Mill and fill sections between Gambo underpass towards Square Pond	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Pave sections near George’s Lake	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Mill and fill sections between Deer Lake and Pasadena	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace culvert near Channel-Port aux Basques	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate McDougall’s Gulch Bridge	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace and upgrade culverts in the Humber Valley area	•	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Pave sections from Howley Junction to Birchy Narrows Bridge	•	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Rehabilitate section between Blue Ponds to Pinchgut Lake		•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Pave sections from Cape Ray to South Branch	•	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace culvert near Little Rapids	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Replace bin wall at Massey Drive on Ramp	•
1	Trans-Canada Highway	Construct new Galway interchange	•	•
2	Pitts Memorial Drive	Rehabilitate CN Viaduct	•	•
2	Pitts Memorial Drive	Road upgrade including storm sewer repairs, replace median barrier and install new street lighting	•	•
2	Pitts Memorial Drive	Mill and fill sections		•
2	Pitts Memorial Drive	Rehabilitate Ruby Line overpasses		•
2	Peacekeepers Way	Mill and fill sections		•
4-1-07	South Branch Road	Rehabilitate sections	•
4-1-25	St Jude’s Road	Pave sections	•
10	Southern Shore Highway	Upgrade and repave sections	•	•
70	Baccalieu Trail	Replace Whiteway Bridge		•
70	Baccalieu Trail	Rehabilitate Springfield River Bridge	•
70-17	Crane’s Road	Pave sections	•
73	New Harbour Barrens	Upgrade multiple sections	•
75	Veterans Memorial Highway	Mill and fill sections	•
80	Trinity South Highway	Replace three culverts near Hopeall	•
80	Trinity South Highway	Paving between Hants Harbour and New Chelsea	•
90	Salmonier Line	Replace Coots Pond Bridge	•
90	Salmonier Line	Replace North Arm River Bridge	•	•
90	Salmonier Line	Rehabilitate Salmonier River Bridge	•
90	Salmonier Line	Pave sections	•
91	Old Placentia Bay Highway	Rehabilitate Smelt River Bridge	•
93	Mount Carmel Road	Replace Rattling Brook Bridge, Mt. Carmel	•
93	Mount Carmel Road	Replace Store Gully Bridge		•
100	Argentia Access Road	Rehabilitate Point Verde Brook Bridge	•
201-16	Main Road Chance Cove	Replace pipe arch culvert	•
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Pipers Hole River Bridge	•
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Rushoon River Bridge	•
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Red Harbour River West Bridge		•
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Red Harbour River East Bridge		•
211	English Harbour Access Road	Rehabilitate arch culvert near English Harbour	•
220	Grand Bank to St. Lawrence	Rehabilitate Little St. Lawrence Dam Bridge	•
220	Grand Bank to St. Lawrence	Rehabilitate Little St. Lawrence Causeway Bridge	•
220	Grand Bank to St. Lawrence	Pave sections from Lawn to Lord’s Cove	•
230	Bonavista Peninsula Highway	Replace Timber Box Culvert near Lethbridge	•
230	Bonavista Peninsula Highway	Replace Pipe Arch Culvert near George’s Brook	•
230	Bonavista Peninsula Highway	Replace Little Catalina Brook Bridge		•
231-10	Snooks Harbour – Aspey Brook Road	Replace timber box culvert with pipe arch	•
231-19	Lower Lance Cove Road	Replace two culverts	•
232	Burgoyne’s Cove Road	Rehabilitate Monroe Bridge	•
320	Bonavista North Highway	Rehabilitate Indian Bay Brook Bridge	•
320	Bonavista North Highway	Rehabilitate Trinity Bridge	•
330	Gander Bay Highway	Replace Windmill Brook Bridge No 2 North		•
330	Gander Bay Highway	Replace Windmill Brook Bridge No 1 South		•
331	Victoria Cove Road	Rehabilitate Clarkes Head Bridge	•
333	Fogo Road	Replace culverts and pave section	•
333-21	Island Harbour Road	Replace multiple culverts	•
333-9	Seldom North Road	Replace multiple culverts	•
334	Joe Batts Arm Road	Replace culverts	•
340	Road to the Isles	Rehabilitate Indian Arm Brook Bridge	•
340	Road to the Isles	Rehabilitate Indian Arm Brook Bridge No. 1, Campbelton	•
350	Botwood Highway	Rehabilitate Mill Brook Bridge	•
350	Botwood Highway	Rehabilitate Bottom Brook Bridge	•
350	Botwood Highway	Rehabilitate Western Arm Brook Bridge	•
350	Botwood Highway	Rehabilitate Leading Tickles Causeway Bridge	•
360	Bay d’Espoir Highway	Replace Conne River Bridge	•	•
360	Bay d’Espoir Highway	Rehabilitate and pave sections	•
360	Bay D’Espoir Highway	Rehabilitate Bernard’s Brook Bridge		•
361	St. Alban’s Road	Rehabilitate Bay d’Espoir Causeway Bridge		•
361	St. Alban’s Road	Rehabilitate Southeast Brook Bridge		•
362	Pool’s Cove/English Harbour West Road	Pave section beginning at Pool’s Cove depot	•
390	Springdale Road	Rehabilitate Davies Brook Bridge	•
406	Codroy Road	Rehabilitate Lock Lomond Millville area	•
407-13	Block Road	Ditching and repairs	•
407	St. Andrews	Rehabilitate Codroy Road St Andrews to Searston	•
410	Baie Verte Road	Rehabilitate Indian River Bridge at Sheppardville to Fleur-de-Lys	•
410	Baie Verte Road	Upgrade and pave section between Burlington and La Scie intersections	•
411	Westport Road	Replace culvert	•
413	Burlington Road	Replace culvert	•
414	La Scie Highway	Pulverize and pave sections	•	•
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Pave sections between Bear Cove and Green Island Brook	•
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Pave section from Cormack to Willtondale	•
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Pave sections from Route 432 intersection towards Plum Point	•
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Pave sections north of Cow Head towards Three Mile Rock	•
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Bowing Brook Bridge		•
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Castor River Bridge		•
430-12	Reidville Road	Pave sections starting at Trans-Canada Highway	•
430-15-2	West Link Road	Rehabilitate and pave sections	•
431	Bonne Bay Road	Pave sections between Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook and Woody Point	•
440	North Shore Highway	Replace Hughes Brook Bridge on Admiral Palliser’s Trail	•
440	North Shore Highway	Replace Ballam’s River Bridge		•
450	Lewin Parkway	Pave sections	•
450	Lewin Parkway	Rehabilitate Corner Brook Stream Bridge	•
450	Lewin Parkway	Rehabilitate Humber Road Overpass east and west	•
450	Lewin Parkway	Rehabilitate Lewin Parkway Overpass	•
460	Port au Port Highway	Pave sections from Trans-Canada Highway to Gull Pond area	•
460	Port au Port Highway	Replace Romaine’s River Bridge	•	•
460-11	Cold Brook Road	Rehabilitate and pave sections	•
463	Lourdes Road	Pave sections from Lourdes to Cape St. George	•
470	La Poile Highway	Rehabilitate Grandy’s Brook Bridge	•
470	La Poile Highway	Rehabilitate Barasway Brook Bridge	•
480	Burgeo Highway	Rehabilitate bridge at Burnt Pond		•
480	Burgeo Highway	Rehabilitate bridge at Dry Pond		•
480	Burgeo Highway	Rehabilitate Lloyd’s River Bridge		•
500	Trans-Labrador Highway	Pave approaches to Munik Pone (Pinus River) Memorial Bridge	•
510	Trans-Labrador Highway	Rehabilitate Pinware Bridge	•
510	Trans-Labrador Highway	Pave between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Cartwright	•
510	Trans-Labrador Highway	Pave from Pinware towards Pinware Bridge	•
510	Trans-Labrador Highway	Rehabilitate Trout River Bridge	•
510	Trans-Labrador Highway	Rehabilitate St. Charles River Bridge	•
510-6	West Harbour Drive – Red Bay	Rehabilitate West Harbour Drive (Dock Road)	•
511	L’Anse Amour Road	Pave L’Anse Amour Road	•
520	North West River Road	Rehabilitate sections	•	•
	Northside Road – Bay Bulls	Rehabilitate Gunridge Road Bridge Bay Bulls	•