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MANTHA – calls for reclassification of Highway 17 and 11

Algoma Manitoulin MPP Mike Mantha wants Highway 17 and 11 reclassified.

He is asking the provincial government to reclassify the two major byways as Class One Highways, which would mean they would have to be cleared within eight hours of major weather events.

He says over the last week residents of Dubreuilville had to deal with sections of Highway 17 being closed from Sault Ste. Marie all the way to Terrace Bay.

He says the residents were not pleased to have no posting on Highway 519 informing them Highway 17 was closed leaving them cut off and with no option, but to turn around and go back.

Mantha admits Northerners are used to winter weather and difficult driving conditions, but he wants Premier Ford to support a bill to reclassify the highways the same as all 400 series highways to ensure closures last as short a time as possible.

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