Work to get underway on Highway 63

Tenders for three Highway 63 projects will go out ahead of schedule to prepare for future road construction. Two new passing/climbing lanes and extensions to six existing lanes will be added between House River and the junction with Highway 881. The new or extended lanes provide more passing opportunities and will reduce the potential for head-on collisions. Work will begin later this summer and is expected to be completed by summer 2013, weather permitting. Grading for the next section of twinning will take place from north of Wandering River to south of Wandering River. Work includes 27 km of grading for a twinned highway as well as site preparation and earthworks at the three Wandering River crossings. Moving ahead now will allow the related future bridge work to be tendered sooner. The project will have a scheduled completion date of fall 2013, weather permitting. The third project involves 55 km of tree clearing from south of House River to north of Mariana Lake. Completing this project sooner allows future grading and paving contracts to be tendered sooner. The tree clearing will be completed by the spring of 2013, weather permitting.