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Province announces $150 million for Hwy 3 twinning from Taber to Burdett

Alberta’s United Conservative government is going to turn money into pavement here in southern Alberta.

After years of advocating and studies, the long-awaited twinning of Highway 3 will be getting underway next year.

Premier Jason Kenney was in Taber Thursday morning (July 2) to announce the province will twin 46 km of Highway 3 between Taber and Burdett. “This over $150 million investment will create over 750 direct and indirect jobs, will make the Crowsnest safer for the nearly 4,000 people who drive this section every day, will boost the efficiency of transportation in the region, contributing to long-term growth here in southern Alberta.”

This project, which has been 20 years in the making, is part of the government’s $10 billion economic recovery plan announced last week. Planning and design work is starting right now and construction to begin in 2021.

The local agriculture industry here in the south has been behind this project for a long time as well. Transportation Minister Ric McIver says  the agri-business sector is a key part of Alberta’s economic recovery. “That’s why we are investing in critical infrastructure that creates jobs now and ensures that we can support the growth of this important sector. Twinning Highway 3 makes the roads safer, more efficient, and gets Albertans working when jobs are needed most.”

Premier Kenney was joined Thursday in Taber by Transportation Minister Ric McIver, local MLA Grant Hunter, members of the Highway 3 Twinning Development Association, and local mayors.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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