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Road Transportation

The Road Transportation Branch has three divisions within the department:

• Highway Design and Construction Division
• Maintenance and Support Division
• Regions

Provision and maintenance of a provincial road transportation system that includes:

• Summer and winter maintenance (snowclearing and ice control) on over 9,800 kilometres of primary and secondary highways and community access roads;
• Construction of new roads and management of road improvement projects with expenditures of $232.2 million for 2010-11;
• Snow clearing for external jurisdictions including Gros Morne National Park through a contract with Parks Canada and 73 communities throughout the province;
• Purchasing salt and sand for 159 town councils and a number of hospitals, schools and other external entities;
• Management of government’s fleet of over 3,000 vehicles including, light vehicles, heavy equipment and utility vehicles (such as snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, etc.);
• Provision of up-to-date image of driving conditions from 22 camera locations throughout the province (www.roads.gov.nl.ca/cameras/default.stm);
• Provision of environmental services for provincial roads projects; and,
• Acquisition of land on behalf of government departments and agencies for various projects and public works.

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