The Manitoba government announced during the Throne Speech on Tuesday that it’s building an overpass at an intersection near Carberry, which was the site of a crash that killed 17 people in 2023.
The incident, which involved a minibus carrying seniors from Dauphin on a casino trip and a semi-trailer, occurred at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 5 that June.
Premier Wab Kinew and Transportation Minister Lisa Naylor announced on Thursday that after consultations, a technical analysis and a safety review, construction on an overpass will begin in 2027.
An original plan for an R-CUT - or restricted crossing U-Turn - at that intersection was heavily criticized by local residents and eventually scrapped by the province.
When asked by CKDM News Now about the Throne Speech earlier this week, Dauphin mayor Dave Bosiak said he was happy to see the province listen to the concerns of the residents of Carberry.
"And even though based on consultants, and gathering information that an R_CUT was apparently just as safe. But, because the local residents in the community spoke out and said they did not prefer that option, and that they preferred an overpass, the province listened,."
Construction of the overpass is expected to take two-and-a-half years to complete.
