The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure assures residents in the North that work is being done on Highway 280.

Steve Ashton tells us the province’s investments:

"If you combine what we’ve invest in the last couple of years and are investing over the next year, we’re actually going to be investing $46 million on highway 280 and also increasing the maintenance both dust control, and the ongoing maintenance, and also we’re moving ahead on our commitment to surface the access road onto Split Lake".

Trust Manager of Split Lake, Michael Garson says they’ve seen work being done, but only about 20 km worth of road. He says they’re waiting to see if the province follows through with its promise.

Last year residents of Split Lake set up a barricade to bring attention to the unpaved road.