[VANRIDERFAN]

So just got back to Ottawa (god-damn that is a long time behind the wheel).

While I agree that the traffic counts in all the rural areas of Manitoba are quite low in terms of cars and light duty trucks, there is quite a bit of local traffic that consists of tandem axle and B train grain trucks, fuel trucks, livestock trucks and very large farm equipment using the highways to travel from field to field. All these vehicles are very very heavy and for highways that were designed and built in the 60's and 70's coupled with the closing of many elevators and rail lines have resulted in a pounding of these roads back into cart paths.
This summer Hi-line feeders are opening a regional feed mill in Killarney that is to supply feed to hog barns in SW MB and NE ND. That will just add to the heavy traffic on these roads.
I'm sure Brian Pallister's rural caucus is raising this issue in cabinet. I just wonder if there will be enough money to really do anything.