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Manitoulin highway getting upgrades

A main Manitoulin thoroughfare is getting a makeover. Highway 540, which runs east-west across Manitoulin Island, is getting $11.1 million in repairs from the Ontario government. Pioneer Construction has been awarded the contract.
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Highway 540 runs east-west on Manitoulin Island.

A main Manitoulin thoroughfare is getting a makeover.

Highway 540, which runs east-west across Manitoulin Island, is getting $11.1 million in repairs from the Ontario government.

Pioneer Construction has been awarded the contract. Construction is expected to be completed in 2017.

Work will begin this spring to resurface 16 kilometres of Highway 540 west of Kagawong; replace culverts at Bond Creek, Burnt Creek, Wittys Creek and Ice Lake; rehabilitate the Kagawong Creek culvert; and replace the Kagawong Creek Tributary bridge. Portable traffic signals will regulate temporary lane closures on structures during construction.

In a release, Northern Development Minister Michael Gravelle said the work would “improve traffic flow and safety between Little Current and Gore Bay for the residents and thousands of visitors from all over the world who are drawn to Manitoulin Island each year.”