Those who demand Highway 75 to be quickly transformed from its crumbling state to an interstate standard need to click on their figurative high-beams and look at the bigger picture. Many have chosen to travel kilometres out of their way to avoid using Highway 75 this spring, especially at night, when it’s more difficult to notice dangerous debris or cracks in the road.
Friesen’s experience is just the latest warning bell for those who live and travel along the road. He’s also recovering from a brain bleed and a severe concussion, and while he said he can see through his injured eye when he opens his swollen eyelids with his fingers, it’s unclear how his vision will be in the future after surgery. Friesen’s head, crushing his eye socket and cheekbone, breaking his nose and the upper part of his jaw. That’s when, according to a report in the Steinbach Carillon, a tractor-trailer driven by Eddie Friesen was passed by another semi, which kicked up a 1.3-kilogram chunk of the road and propelled it through Mr. And the highway is more treacherous than ever, if an incident that happened Feb. Flooding continues to close portions of the highway, including a month-long period in May 2022 near Morris. interstate after an announced four-year, $215-million makeover that would also keep Red River flooding from closing the road unless the river rises to levels reached during 1997’s catastrophic flood. Piwniuk, pledging Highway 75 would drive like a U.S.
In 2013, Greg Selinger, who was premier when the NDP was last in power, issued promises similar to those recently issued by Mr. 31.Īs motorists know all too well - especially those who’ve been stranded after potholes and highway cracks shredded their vehicles’ tires - Highway 75 pales in comparison to I-29, the road’s name after it enters North Dakota. Agathe and Morris, with work to finish by Oct. The latest promise came April 4, when Doyle Piwniuk, Manitoba’s transportation and infrastructure minister, announced the province would soon award contracts to rebuild a 27-kilometre stretch to an interstate-like standard between Ste.
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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS/FILES Highway 75, south of Ste. Successive Manitoba governments have promised multimillion-dollar improvements, but the pavement-crumbling effects of spring thaws are far more consistent than funding from those seeking to gain political mileage. border at Pembina, N.D., has been in awful shape for years. It’s in stable condition, but that’s part of the problem, because the 110-kilometre, four-lane route that connects Winnipeg with the U.S. If Manitoba-born rocker Tom Cochrane is correct, and life is indeed a highway, then Highway 75 needs to be in an intensive-care unit.
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