Manitoba declares majority of winter roads open
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The province’s winter road system — a land and ice lifeline to transport fuel and goods to northern locations only accessible by air most of the year — has finally opened to most communities.
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure said Monday most of the 2,375-kilometre temporary road system connecting 22 communities and 33,000 residents to permanent roads is now open for a few weeks. It is usually open from mid-January to mid-March, depending on weather conditions.
The province said in a statement it spent $9 million this year to open the winter roads, as part of a 50/50 cost-share agreement with the federal government.
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The winter road network carries more than 2,500 shipments of fuel, construction materials, heavy equipment, and store supplies over a mixture of ice and land and crossing muskeg, streams, rivers and lakes.
The network carries more than 2,500 shipments of fuel, construction materials, heavy equipment, and store supplies over a mixture of ice and land and crossing muskeg, streams, rivers and lakes.
Currently, in northern Manitoba, 13 winter roads are open, including ones to Shamattawa, Pukatawagan and Tadoule Lake.
In southern Manitoba, 18 roads are open. However, there are four closures, including a 16-km stretch to Pauingassi First Nation from Little Grand Rapids, and 294 km to St. Theresa Point First Nation from Berens River.