North Bay-Mattawa region receives $7.2 million injection for road upgrades.The provincial government is seeking to sink $7.2 million into Highway 17 in the Townships of Head, Clara and Maria, a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway Trans-Canada Highway, c.4,800 mi (7,700 km) long, S Canada; dedicated 1962; completed 1970. The world's longest national highway, it traverses North America from St. John's, N.L., to Victoria, British Columbia. which links North Bay and Ottawa Ottawa, city, Canada Ottawa (ŏt`əwə), city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull, Que. . Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield Donna H. Cansfield, MPP is politician in Ontario, Canada, who has represented the riding of Etobicoke Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2003. Cansfield is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party and is currently a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton made the funding announcement on August 23, adding that nearly 8,000 vehicles use the road on a daily basis in order to deliver goods and travel between the two cities. The funds are expected to include a host of changes, such as repaving 12.8 kilometres worth of road, beginning from the Stonecliffe area and moving eastwards east·ward adv. & adj. Toward, to, or in the east. n. An eastward direction, point, or region. east . Other work is set to include the addition of two passing lanes three kilometres east of Stonecliffe, as well as upgrades to various intersections, guiderails and signs. Work is expected to be completed by summer of 2007. |
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