Saskatchewan’s highways department will hold off as long as possible on allowing heavier truck weights to travel the province’s secondary highways.
The province can open applicable highways to heavier winter weights starting any day between Nov. 16 and Dec. 1, but due to the mild fall, the roads’ structures aren’t yet cold enough to allow such weights, the province said Monday.
The heavier truck weights will be allowed starting Dec. 1 until as early as Feb. 29 or as late as March 15, 2012, depending on weather and road conditions, the province said.
As of March 15, or the last day of the winter weight season, the allowable weights will revert back down to normal summer weights or to spring ban weight restriction, depending on current conditions.
Truckers can find updated road restriction orders and related information online or by calling one of the province’s Highway Hotline numbers:
- Regina and area, 306-787-7623;
- Saskatoon and area, 306-933-8333;
- across Canada, 1-888-335-7623; or
- on SaskTel’s cellular network, at *ROAD.
