During the tail end of Saturday’s snowstorm, one person was sent to the hospital after a major collision with semi trucks on the Regina Bypass. The collision happened between Highway 33 and Highway 6 on the bypass at around 10 a.m. yesterday morning. The Regina Fire service, EMS, and RCMP all responded. According to a […]
Regina police have said that a man died after a collision on Ring Road. A vehicle crossed the ditch heading eastbound crossed the ditch into the westbound lanes between Albert Street and Wascana Parkway. Westbound lanes of the bypass in that area will be shut down or restricted until at least 6 p.m., police said. […]
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili promised to remove the PST from construction labour in the province if elected Premier. The announcement is part of the NDP’s Sask-First Plan to create jobs and restart the post-COVID economy. Meili says the PST has made it difficult for Saskatchewan companies to be competitive for contracts. “Saskatchewan companies, under […]
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili pledged Friday, that if elected Premier, he would take steps to increase government transparency. Meili says that one of his priorities is to find out exactly what happened in the Global Transportation Hub controversy. “A New Democrat government will call a public inquiry into the GTH and the Regina Bypass […]
Regina Bypass road maintenance crews are ready for whatever mother nature has in store for weather. The Bypass has their own maintenance facility where crews mix sand and salt, as well as repair vehicles and attachments. Operations Manager Kevin Faul said they are well equipped for any kind of road maintenance throughout the year. “We […]
The Regina Bypass has been opened for a month now, and according to the provincial government has been seeing its fair share of users early on. In a news release issued Wednesday morning the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure says 5,630 vehicles, including 1,230 trucks use the bypass daily. The ministry anticipates the bypass will […]
The Saskatchewan NDP is questioning what the provincial government is doing to help reduce wait times at hospitals in Saskatchewan. During question period on Monday afternoon, health critic Vicki Mowat talked about how their party heard concerns from the public over the summer regarding the state of emergency departments and hallway medicine. Mowat also asked for […]
The largest transportation infrastructure project in the history of Saskatchewan is now complete as the Regina Bypass will be 100 per cent open to traffic on Tuesday. Premier Scott Moe and Highways and Infrastructure Minister Greg Ottenbreit held a special ceremony to celebrate the opening of the massive project. The ceremony took place on a windy Monday […]
Some name changes are in the works for the new infrastructure on the Regina Bypass. Once the work is complete, the route from Highway 1 West to Highway 11 North, with several overpasses at Hill Avenue, Dewdney Avenue, 9th Avenue and Highway 11, will be known as Highway 11. This will extend from the current […]
