CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI—The Prince Edward Island government has opened an asphalt plant to help repair the roads that were damaged by rain in early December 2014.
"It is very unusual to be paving roads in December," said Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Robert Vessey.
"Crews have been working around the clock to open roads and structures, and firing up this plant will help repairs proceed as quickly as possible."
An asphalt plant in Prince County was opended on Dec. 16, 2014 after being shut down for the winter.
Of the 23 structures damaged, 10 have already been reopened. Some structures that sustained significant damage will take longer to open.
These include Bloomfield, Tyne Valley, Huntley Bridge and Route 131.
Improvements will also be made to some of the detour roads that will be in use during these longer projects.
These roads were not constructed to take the amount of heavy traffic that travels on Route 2. Several kilometres of the detour roads will be paved.
Engineers will look at replacing the existing older structures with larger ones, where appropriate, to withstand climate change.
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