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Petit poisson, grande incidenc
2023-08-10
Même s’il ressemble aux autres ponceaux, ce ponceau du chemin Suffolk a une grande incidence sur la santé du réseau hydrographique local.
Dans la région, beaucoup se souviennent du passage des éperlans par le ruisseau Tim’s il y a des décennies, mais jusqu’à récemment, ils évitaient ce cours d’eau...
FAQs: Travaux hivernaux – Entretien du réseau routier
2023-02-24
Chaque année, le ministère des Transports et de l’Infrastructure entreprend la tâche importante d’entretenir les routes de l’Île pendant les mois d’hiver de plus en plus imprévisibles.
Comme les conditions météorologiques fluctuent d’une année à l’autre et que les systèmes météorologiques changent...
Routes saisonnières à l’Î.-P.-É.:Foire aux questions
2022-09-01
Chaque année, le ministère des Transports et de l’Infrastructure reçoit diverses demandes de renseignements sur les routes non revêtues de l’Île, comme les routes en schiste ou en argile.
En vertu de la Roads Act (loi sur les routes) de la province, chaque route de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard a une...
Le transport en commun en milieu rural est avantageux pour les Insulaires - et l’environnement
2022-03-25
Il n’a peut-être que 13 ans, mais Brady Chaisson a déjà des plans d’avenir.
« Mon but est de jouer au hockey junior majeur ou au hockey universitaire. »
Et lorsque le gouvernement a instauré un système de transport en commun rural à l’Île, Brady s’est rapproché de la réalisation de son rêve.
L’...
Help keep first responders safe - slow down
2018-12-24
Summerside Police know what they want for Christmas.
It’s for drivers to slow down and pay attention when police are working on the side of the road.
“We’re pretty vulnerable when we leave our vehicles,” Sergeant Jason Blacquiere said. “Drivers get curious to see what is going on at a road stop...
A homegrown heating solution
2018-10-31
On the first snowy late fall morning the big garage behind the Prince County Hospital was toasty warm and smelled of balsam fir.
“Smells great eh?”shouts Dick Arsenault, chief bioenergy manager of ACFOR, over the humming engines of the German-engineered machines. He is also co-owner of the company...
Souris breakwaters are working with the forces of nature
2018-10-05
Something is causing a stir near the Souris causeway – in a good way.
Two sandstone reefs installed by the Prince Edward Island government are working like a charm. The offshore breakwaters (also known as intertidal reefs) are designed to protect the causeway -- the main route into town -- and the...
Where the streets are paved with…glass?
2018-10-05
That concrete island in the middle of the roundabout might have been built with your empty Chardonnay bottle.
A Prince Edward Island business is making crushed-glass aggregate that is proving superior in road construction. The process reduces the need to import gravel and keeps countless glass...
Building roads and bridges with the environment top of mind
2018-09-25
It takes skilled work and planning to replace a bridge in a sensitive wetland area.
Blooming Point is a beloved Prince Edward Island beach, accessible by a single road. When it came time to replace a bridge on that road, the job had to be done quickly and had to respect the environment.
Island...
Port expansion is great news for all of PEI
2018-06-01
The anticipation of seeing your next port of call approaching through the window is something cruise ship passengers remember long after they return home.
A $14.1 million expansion coming to the Port of Charlottetown will help ensure more seagoing visitors leave the boat and venture onto the...