The new budget allocates US$3.3 billion to build and repair highways. There is US$2.2 billion for new road and bridge projects and more than US$1.1 billion for maintaining the condition of Alberta’s existing highways and bridges to extend their lives and support safe and efficient travel.

Individual allocations include about US$1.4 billion for the Calgary and Edmonton Ring Roads, US$42 million for continued work on the Peace River Bridge twinning project and US$32 million for the Highway 813 bridge over the Athabasca River.

Alberta’s provincial highway network includes more than 31,400km of highways and nearly 4,500 bridges, overpasses and culverts.