Sask. Highway Hotline gets new feature to help with winter driving
The Saskatchewan Highway Hotline has been operating for more then 50 years. Now, it has a new feature for drivers planning a road trip.
The new feature is called Track my Plow, and can be accessed through the highway hotline website or a phone app.
The province's snow plows have transmitters that track their locations, allowing the hotline site to show when and where there was recent road maintenance.
The website will also allow users to hover over a plow, click on it then scroll to zoom in on the route it has taken.
"The plows leave a trail of markers behind them," said the Minister of Highways Lori Carr. "They tell you if your route has been treated yet and when.
"When you combine this information with our description of the road conditions, the review of your public forecast, you can leave armed with the information you need for your journey."
The Highway Hotline's newest feature is called track a plow, and it will monitor where and when roads have been plowed, salted and sanded. (Kirk Fraser/CBC)
Carr said staff are working 24/7 to ensure travellers are informed.
She said that this new feature is a pilot project that she hopes the public will use before winter travel.
"We think it will be a game-changer," she said.
