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    $3.9-billion for Quebec roads

    CBC – Fri, 24 Feb, 2012

    Transport Quebec has announced its annual spending plans for road construction in the province.

    The Quebec government will spend $3.9-billion in 2012-2013, at 1,600 different construction sites.

    Transport Minister Pierre Moreau said Friday that the government is investing 32 per cent more in road construction this year than in 2011 — but reassured drivers about the figures.

    "It's not because the increase is at 32 per cent that you will have 32 per cent more problems with fluidity of the traffic," Moreau said.

    "It's because the investment is sometimes concentrated over very important work sites."

    Much of the work will take place on the Turcot Interchange, both for maintenance of the deteriorating structure and the construction of new ramps for an eventual replacement.

    Moreau described the overall condition of the province's roads as good.

    He said Montreal's roads and structures are in better shape than those in the rest of the province.

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    • Rob
      Rob  •  Kelowna, British Columbia  •  2 months ago
      Oh boy, I am sure Quebec will come up that they have been insulted and humiliated somehow again for the fiftieth billionth time and the Quebec appeasing saps outside of Quebec will steal from their own province to send truck loads of money into Quebec to fix their roads..lol
    • TheNow
      TheNow  •  2 months ago
      Cheap asphalt here ya.. make better asphalt that last longer.. tax payers have to pay for the cheap layers of dirt on the roads here. Doesn't even last a yr.. With all the traffic and rain, we need better mixtures on the roads. heavy stone in the mix.. Something required here for sure.. We use to have better grains long ago. lasted longer.
    • Dostoyevsky
      Dostoyevsky  •  2 months ago
      I would rather see 3.9 billion for a fence and border guards...
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