Work to upgrade the Perimeter Highway to meet freeway standards is ongoing, with a number of projects completed, and continuing works planned for this summer.
They received a phone call Monday afternoon from infrastructure minister Doyle Piwniuk, who told them Manitoba Highways staff had removed the memorial and it was safe and sound.
The parents of a 19-year-old Winnipeg man who was killed in a highway accident say they were stunned to discover that a memorial to their son was mysteriously removed.