Saskatchewan’s portion of the La Loche to Fort McMurray all-weather road reached a completion milestone last week.
The remaining nearly 10 km (6.2 miles) of Highway 956 in Saskatchewan from near Garson Lake heading west to the Alberta border is near completion—due to a funding of more than $9 million from the Ministry of Highways.
Saskatchewan broke ground on Highway 956, its portion of the project, in 2007, and completed 44 km (27.3 miles) of the total 53 km (32.9 miles) in 2008. Construction on the 9.8 km (6.08 miles) began in 2023 and involved grading and placing traffic gravel.
The road between La Loche and Fort McMurray was initially announced as a project to commemorate the two province’s centennials in 2005.
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