Province releases snowplow tracker for Manitoba highways

A caller snowplow tracker volition assistance Manitobans support abreast of roadworthy conditions for their wintertime commutes earlier they adjacent permission the house, the state says.

Transportation curate Lisa Naylor announced Friday that the ‘Track My Plow’ diagnostic connected the Manitoba 511 website and app volition fto users cognize the determination of progressive snowplows connected provincial highways, arsenic good arsenic details connected wherever they’ve been implicit a two-hour period.

“Manitobans cognize that wintertime storms are a portion of our lives,” Naylor said successful a statement.

“Track My Plow volition not lone prevention drivers clip but volition assistance amended the information of Manitoba’s roads during winter.”

The feature, which is present live, is besides being welcomed by CAA Manitoba arsenic a mode to amended roadworthy safety. CAA’s Ewald Friesen said the work volition beryllium a important assistance for drivers erstwhile it comes to wintertime decision-making.

“We are successful afloat enactment of innovations that summation roadworthy information successful our province,” Friesen said.

“As portion of our roadworthy information advocacy, we punctual motorists that readying your way is 1 of the astir effectual ways to debar needing a tow and avoiding the dangers of being stranded.”