WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government has released its South Perimeter Highway Design Study to guide safety improvements to Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 100.
In November 2017 the provincial government announced it had hired WSP Canada Group Limited as an engineering consultant to provide a functional design study for reconstruction of the South Perimeter Highway with the goal of upgrading PTH 100 to a freeway standard with no at-grade crossings from the Trans-Canada Highway West Interchange at Portage Avenue to the Trans-Canada Highway East Interchange at Fermor Avenue.
“Our government’s first priority is the safety of Manitobans on our roads and we want to make the South Perimeter safer and easier to travel for the approximately 30,000 vehicles that drive it every day. We’ve set out to do substantive work to address safety and operational problems, and this study will serve as our blueprint for the next 20 to 30 years,” Manitoba Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler said in a statement.
The province began a public engagement process in 2018 and held nine public open houses between August 2018 and December 2019 coinciding with all three development phases.
“With increased use of the highway over the past 30 years and growth in both south Winnipeg and communities south of the city, we required an updated report to address safety, operational and capacity deficiencies, and the general physical condition of the roadway. The South Perimeter plays a significant economic role in transporting people, goods and services and we want to ensure the highway is safe, efficient and progressive,” Schuler said.
The study outlines two phases of changes for PTH 100, with the initial stage including upgrading the highway to a four-lane divided freeway along with improvements to the structure, interchanges and bridges. The second stage will upgrade PTH 100 to a six-lane divided freeway and will reconfigure the existing highway and build new interchanges where necessary.
Projects approved for design and construction in the next year include the St. Mary’s Road Interchange slated to begin in late 2021 and the service road at Aimes Road and Melnick Road, also scheduled to begin in 2021.
The West Perimeter Highway service road from Wilkes Ave to Oakland Road will begin construction in late 2020, and work on the Brady Road service road started in June.
The South Perimeter Highway Design Study is available at www.gov.mb.ca/mit/hpd/pth100/studies.html.
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