Another day of inclement weather and treacherous highways

Photo credit: Facebook Brenda Lapchuk

There are no road closures this morning (Wednesday) in Saskatchewan but there are “travel not recommended” on a few highways as yet in addition to the snowfall warnings in place in northern Saskatchewan including La Loche. Bratt’s Lake, Lucky Lake, Moose Jaw, Regina, and Swift Current all recorded peak wind gusts over 70 kilometres an hour. Swift Current and Bratt’s Lake recorded the highest wind gusts at 76 kilometres per hour. Click here for the latest from the Highway Hotline on road conditions. Photos featured are from the Highway 10 overpass at Balgonie on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, truckers are reminded to monitor their loads when using secondary highways in Saskatchewan because this is the time of year secondaries revert back to regulation weights to prevent damaging roads in spring. Winter weights will be removed as of Wednesday (March 15) at 12:01 a.m. Road bans also begin in spring reducing allowable weights on RM roads and secondary highways by 10 to 15 per cent. It typically lasts for about six weeks to preserve the roads during spring thaw. The bans only impact secondary weight highways and not primary highways such as 1, 11 or 16.