January 29, 2019
The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works, will be available to media tomorrow (Wednesday, January 30), at 10:00 a.m. to discuss the 2019 update to the Five-Year Provincial Roads plan and highway upgrades planned for the upcoming construction…
January 25, 2019
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a Request for Proposals to design and construct a new intermediate school in Paradise. The new school will accommodate students from Grade 6 to Grade 9 and will be located off McNamara…
January 22, 2019
Labrador Marine Inc.’s MV Qajaq W, the ferry formerly known as MV Grete, will begin transporting passengers and vehicles across the Strait of Belle Isle later this month, approximately two months earlier than expected. The ferry arrived in St. John’s…
January 21, 2019
The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works, will tour the Labrador Marine ferry MV Qajaq W (pronounced kayak) tomorrow (Tuesday, January 22) beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Newdock Dockyard, 475 Water Street, St. John’s. Minister Crocker will…
January 18, 2019
The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works, and the Honourable Sherry Gambin-Walsh, Minister Responsible for the Highway Traffic Act, will participate in meetings of federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for transportation and highway safety on Monday, January…
January 9, 2019
Motorists are advised to prepare for icy conditions expected tomorrow morning on highways in eastern Newfoundland and on the Avalon Peninsula. The department is monitoring forecasts calling for freezing rain beginning around 3:00 a.m. with its most intense period anticipated…
January 9, 2019
The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works, and the Honourable Graham Letto, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, will speak at the Heavy Civil Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Annual General Meeting tomorrow (Thursday, January 10) at the…
December 21, 2018
The Department of Transportation and Works has begun expanding the Provincial Plow Tracker service to highways in Labrador and a second tow plow will be added to the Trans-Canada Highway on the Avalon Peninsula in January. Equipment in western and…
December 20, 2018
The Department of Transportation and Works has begun to issue tenders for road work scheduled for the 2019-20 construction season under the Five-Year Provincial Roads Plan. By issuing tenders during the winter, contractors are better informed about upcoming work and…
December 7, 2018
Motorists on the northeast Avalon are advised that the Team Gushue Highway extension between Kenmount Road and Topsail Road is now open. The Department of Transportation and Works has removed barricades at entrances to the highway at Kenmount Road, Captain…
