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MPP Milligan pleased with investigation of winter road maintenance

  • March 18, 2014 at 9:59 am

 

(File photo) Tractor trailers were among the vehicles that were part of a pileup on Hwy. 401 westbound between Glen Miller Road and Wallbridge-Loyalist Road in Quinte West Wednesday afternoon. Other multi-vehicle accidents have occurred eastbound near Brighton and westbound between Deseronto and Napanee. Photo by Justin Chin

BELLEVILLE – There have been a number of huge pileups on Highway 401 in the Belleville area this winter, prompting concerns that highways are not being properly maintained. File photo by Justin Chin, Loyalist Photojournalism

By Greg Murphy

BELLEVILLE – A local MPP says he is pleased the provincial auditor-general will look into whether Ontario’s highways have been maintained to standard this winter.

Near the end of February, a motion was passed unanimously at Queen’s Park calling for the auditor-general to probe the Ministry of Transportation’s winter maintenance program. Conservative MPP Rob Milligan of Northumberland-Quinte West told QNet News that the unwavering support from all three parties legitimizes the concern from constituents across the province that Ontario’s highways have not been properly maintained this winter.

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