By Emily Keller

870 new jobs

Highway repaving between Fox Creek and Valleyview included in province’s list of shovel-ready projects

May 6, 2020 | 12:37 PM

The Alberta government has announced various road, highway and bridge projects in the Peace Region as part of its $2 billion plan to get Albertan’s back to work.

The province says the shovel-ready projects will create more than 870 new jobs in the region.

Included in these projects are:

• Repaving 42 kilometres of Highway 43 between Fox Creek and Valleyview.
• Slide repair on Highway 40 near the Kakwa River.
• Beginning preparation for grade widening on Highway 697 near La Crete.
• Repaving 19 kilometres of Highway 35 south of the Town of High Level.
• Repaving 32 kilometres of Highway 684 from Highway 2 to the Town of Peace River.
• Grading 19 kilometres of Highway 679 from Highway 49 to Highway 2.
• Repaving 13 kilometres of Highway 670 east of Highway 43.
• Repaving 12 kilometres of Highway 2 from west of Kinuso to east of Highway 33.
• Various slide repairs throughout the Peace Region.

“The Peace Region is an increasingly important economic driver for our province,” said Alberta’s Minister of Transportation, Ric McIver in a release. “And these projects will help ensure necessary transportation corridors are ready to support the region’s businesses and job creators once the economy recovers, while creating badly needed jobs in the short term.”

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The province will also be spending $60 million on pothole repairs and other critical safety measures province-wide.