Alberta: Area officials react angrily to deadly state of Highway 63
Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 5:38PM Click here for complete article> Edmonton Journal
April 28, 2012
The twinning of Highway 63 is under construction and just not far away from where this photo was taken, a head-on crashresulted in the deaths of seven people on Friday afternoon. Photograph by: Ed Kaiser , edmontonjournal.comThe Friday crash northeast of Edmonton that killed seven people, including two children, has once again raised anger and criticism about the lack of twin-lanes on the notorious Highway 63.
Don Scott, the Tory MLA-elect for Fort-McMurray-Conklin says his community is “outraged” over the deaths after the fiery head-on crash north of Wandering River and that twinning the highway that leads to Fort McMurray is “an absolute priority.”
Scott and Mike Allen, the Tory MLA-elect for Fort-McMurray-Wood Buffalo plan to push the issue when the legislature resumes sitting this spring, Scott said…
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