Next week’s start of spring road restrictions will be affecting the Swan River area.
Zone one, which encompasses Swan River, Dauphin, Brandon, and Winnipeg will be broken into two sub-zones to maximize benefits to local industry.
Zones two and three are unchanged. Swan River will move from climate zone 1 into zone 1b.
Dauphin will be in zone 1a after the restrictions come into effect.
The changes will help logging trucks.
Logging trucks will have, on average, 14 more days of hauling at higher than normal summer weights or at full summer weights.
This will reduce hauling costs, assist job retention and improve commodity prices.
It will also help make the local logging industry more competitive with other jurisdictions, reduce fuel consumption, reduce emissions and decrease environmental pollution.
Spring road restrictions are expected to begin next week in some parts of the province.
