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Scheduled for completion by fall 2023, the section will bypass the active slide areas along the washed-out portions. ?Esdilagh First Nation has an agreement with the ministry to clear the site in preparation for major road construction. The logging works underway began in February. As well, the banks of Narcosli Creek will be protected with riprap (large rocks) to prevent further damage from the coming spring freshet, and that work is underway through hired local equipment. In April 2018, high water from the spring freshet caused Narcosli Creek to erode five sections of West Fraser Road on the west side of the Fraser River, about 17 kilometres south of Quesnel. The road had to be closed due to the severe damage.
The contract to rebuild West Fraser Road in the Quesnel area has been awarded.
SHARE ON: West Fraser Road (supplied by Ministry of Transportation)
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will pay Enviro-Ex Contracting Ltd out of Prince George 37.7 million dollars to rebuild and realign the washed-out sections of the road.
Along with a new two-lane bridge over Narcosli Creek, 5.6 kilometres of paved two-lane road will be constructed on a new alignment on the east side of the creek.
“Since flooding washed out West Fraser Road back in spring 2018, we’ve been actively working on a long-term solution,” said Rob Flemming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. Construction is anticipated to begin next month on a new alignment that will restore direct access to Quesnel and provide a reliable route for people who live and work in the area.”
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Winnipeg Free Press
The head of Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization has stepped into the public eye for the first time since the COVID-19 crisis began 11 months ago.
The head of Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization has stepped into the public eye for the first time since the COVID-19 crisis began 11 months ago.
Johanu Botha was introduced as the co-lead of Manitoba’s vaccine implementation task force at a technical briefing Wednesday. The assistant deputy minister of emergency management has been the leader of the EMO since 2019 and has a PhD in emergency management.
Johanu Botha
The Emergency Measures Act requires the EMO to oversee all aspects of preparedness in the province as well as manage, direct and co-ordinate the response of all departments to a disaster. On Tuesday, Manitoba’s state of emergency, which was imposed last March, was extended another 30 days, making it the longest in the province’s history.