Dan Michielsen
Assistant Deputy Minister, Roads
Phone: 1-709-729-3796
Email: michielsend@gov.nl.ca
Highway Operations Division
- Provision and maintenance of provincial roads including:
- Summer and winter maintenance (snow clearing and ice control) on 9,763 kilometres of primary and secondary highways and community access roads and 1,317 bridges
- Snow clearing for external jurisdictions including Gros Morne National Park, through a contract with Parks Canada, and a number of communities throughout the province
- Purchasing salt and sand for 160 town councils and a number of health authorities, school boards, and other external entities
- And, operation and management of eight provincial airstrips on the island portion of the province (Wabana, Clarenville, Botwood, Fogo Island, Springdale, Winterland, St. Andrew’s and Port au Choix) and 12 provincial airstrips in Labrador (Black Tickle, Cartwright, Charlottetown, Hopedale, Makkovik, Mary’s Harbour, Nain, Natuashish (on behalf of the Mushuau Innu First Nation), Postville, Port Hope Simpson, Rigolet and St. Lewis).
Dion Tee
Director, Highway Operations
Phone: (709) 896-7840
Email: teedion@gov.nl.ca
Equipment Maintenance Division
- Management of the provincial government’s fleet of over 1,700 vehicles including light vehicles, heavy equipment
- Provision of up to date road condition information utilizing one wind warning system, 28 Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) stations, and 31 highway camera locations throughout the province (www.roads.gov.nl.ca/cameras)
Shawn Marshall
Director, Equipment Maintenance
Phone: (709) 256-1047/(709) 292-4309
Email: ShawnMarshall@gov.nl.ca
Highway Design and Construction Division
- Construction of new roads and management of road improvement projects on 9,763 kilometres of primary and secondary highways and community access roads and 1,317 bridges
- Provision of environmental services for provincial government buildings and provincial roads projects
Clifford Smith
Director, Highway Design and Construction
Phone: (709) 729-6610
Email: cliffordsmith@gov.nl.ca
Road Asset Management Division
- Development and maintenance of road asset inventory.
- Conduct assessments and evaluations for long term planning.
- Procurement of asset preservation services including, but not limited to, activities such as targeted asphalt milling and patching, crack sealing, small culvert replacement, shoulder and ditch reconstruction, guiderail replacement, etc.
Darryl Bruce
Director, Road Asset Management
Phone: (709) 466-4133
Email: bruced@gov.nl.ca