Sask. preparing for $174 million of highway work in 2016

The province is putting out next year’s highway construction projects out for tender, worth about $174 million.

The projects include 50 kilometres of paving, 115 kilometres of repaving, 40 kilometres in grading and paving, 50 kilometres of maintenance, five bridge replacements or rehabilitations, and two culvert installations.

Some of the work is paving of new lanes on Highways 7 and 16 near Saskatoon, paving Highway 42 from Keeler to Eyebrow, and grading and paving Highways 41 and 44 from Glidden to Eatonia.