Manitoba is in the planning stage of twinning the section of Highway 59 that runs through Brokenhead First Nation.

A provincial spokesperson said Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure has started working on the design for the project that involves twinning 14 kilometres from 3.9 kilometres south of South Beach Casino in Brokenhead to Highway 12.

The highway is the gateway to Lake Winnipeg’s eastern beaches and is a busy stretch during the summer.

Design of the stretch of highway, some 70 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, will take between one to two years and construction is slated to begin shortly after that, the spokesperson said in an email.

RM of Alexander Mayor Jack Brisco has long called for the twinning.

“It was on my mind continuously since I’ve lived over here, and I’ve

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