The provincial government has announced plans to expand 24-hour snow clearing on some of the busiest routes across the province.

Currently, government says workers are only called in when conditions are bad.

They plan on hiring 50 new snowplow operators so that an overnight shift can be added to ensure work can be done all night long on certain routes between December and March.

Transportation Minister Barry Petten expects the expansion will cost nearly $3-million annually, and will start as soon as drivers are hired.

“We heard it loud and clear from the public actually. It’s something that, back in 2016 when this was cancelled, when I was opposition member and I was actually a transportation critic, it was something that I really was very vocal against,” he told reporters.

“You can’t

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