April 1, 2025
Beginning Wednesday, April 2, work resumes on the Cloverleaf Overpass where Pitts Memorial Drive (Route 2) travels over the Trans-Canada Highway. The westbound lane of Route 2 (from Pitts Memorial heading to Conception Bay South) will be reduced to one…
March 26, 2025
Beginning Monday, March 31, bridge rehabilitation work will get underway on Route 60 at the Topsail River Bridge (west of the former Woodstock Public House heading toward Topsail Beach). Motorists travelling on this section of the highway are asked to…
March 21, 2025
The Governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada have finalized a 10-year agreement under the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF) aimed at existing municipal infrastructure needs and those associated with future housing developments. Through this agreement, Newfoundland and Labrador has…
March 3, 2025
Based on recent public interest in land transactions related to the acquisition of land for the new acute care hospital campus slated for Kenmount Crossing and the recent sale of land off Snow’s Lane, the Provincial Government is providing the…
February 6, 2025
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has issued a tender for the construction of the new K-12 school in the Town of Cartwright in Labrador. The new school will replace the existing Henry Gordon Academy, which opened in 1969. The…
January 24, 2025
The Honourable Fred Hutton, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and Minister of Rural Economic Development, was in Paradise today to provide an update on the new high school planned for the town. Minister Hutton was joined by the Honourable Krista…
January 23, 2025
The Honourable Fred Hutton, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and Minister of Rural Economic Development, will make an education infrastructure announcement in Paradise tomorrow (Friday, January 24). The event will take place in the mezzanine area of the Paradise Double…
January 10, 2025
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has received the first five new snowplows that were procured for the winter operations fleet. These trucks are part of the 64 plow trucks that are due to arrive this winter season. The Provincial Government…
December 20, 2024
Winter operations are in full swing at the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, with more than 400 seasonal heavy equipment operators, management and staff hired and recalled for the winter season. Each year, annual inspections, plow installation and spreader calibrations…
December 19, 2024
With an aim of working toward zero-emission public transit for St. John’s and surrounding areas, funding of $50.3 million from the provincial and federal governments and the City of St. John’s will facilitate the purchase of new hybrid and electric…
