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DAUPHIN, MAN. – Improvements to the Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 5 in the Dauphin area of Manitoba are now complete and open after a more than $32 million investment by the provincial government.

“These much-needed improvements enhance traffic flow, water diversion and boost the safety and curb appeal of the route for community members and travellers,” said Manitoba Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Lisa Naylor in a statement.

“These improvements will make our roads safer and support growing our economy by building important infrastructure that matters to Manitobans, especially in rural Manitoba.”

The project consisted of three sections, a release said:

• Intersection improvements, traffic signals and service road construction as well as the reconstruction of PTH 5A including concrete curbing, raised medians, sidewalks, culvert installations, granular subgrade, granular base course and bituminous pavement on 1.8 kilometres from Triangle Road to Whitmore Avenue, with a total cost of $21.8 million.
• Construction of a land drainage and retention pond system for the City of Dauphin, funded by the city. The Manitoba government funded the infrastructure to support this project including approximately 885 metres of underground pipe and two retention ponds, with a total cost of $9.6 million.
• Construction of a bituminous pavement on a 0.8 kilometre section of PTH 5A in Dauphin from Whitmore Avenue to Fourth Avenue South with a total cost of $1.3 million.

The project also added service roads on both the west and east sides of PTH 5A. The main lanes of PTH 5A were reconstructed to include a fully divided four-lane cross section along with a raised concrete median and traffic signals at the main entrance to the Dauphin Marketplace Mall and as sidewalks along both service roads.