Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Englehart council is considering joining other area municipalities in requesting that the Ontario Ministry of Transportation designate Highway 11 as a class one highway for winter maintenance.Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt have already taken the step, and are sending their resolutions to the Minister of Transportation as
There is little that can top the news issue of the highway conditions in the region.But it is difficult to say that it is limited to the North as a problem.The Ontario Ministry of Transportation’s management of highways throughout Ontario seems to need a thorough overhaul.Transportation investments throughout the region
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — In the face of numerous accidents and road closures on Highway 11 recently, The Speaker contacted the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to ask about winter road maintenance standards on the highway.MTO spokesperson Gordan Rennie responded and outlined the standards the MTO responds to during the winter.SALTThere
