LA LOCHE — A key northern highway is nearing completion, with construction of 10 kilometres of Highway 956 from near Garson Lake heading west to the Alberta border winding down.
The more than $9 million Ministry of Highways project helps create an all-weather road from La Loche to Fort McMurray, Alta.
Construction on the 9.8 km segment began at end of August 2023. Work involved grading and placing traffic gravel.
The road between La Loche and Fort McMurray was initially announced as a project to commemorate the two province's centennials in 2005. Saskatchewan broke ground on Highway 956, its portion of the project, in 2007, and completed 44 of the total 53 kilometres in 2008.
The Government of Alberta says it identifies this project as a priority.
