Highway 17 rehabilitation project brings $53M to Algoma

Nearly 17 kilometres of Highway 17 from Echo Bay to Highway 548 are being rehabilitated at the cost of $53 million.In addition to resurfacing the highway, three bridges – Bar River, Stobie Creek and Richardson Creek bridges – are also being repaired and replaced as part of the Ontario government’s $600 million being spent on Northern Ontario highways this year.That money is from a $31 billion funding envelope being divvied across Ontario, said Ontario Transport Minister Prabme