By Karin Yeske

Highway Hotline rolls out upgrades

Nov 12, 2014 | 10:59 AM

The Highway Hotline is making it easier for travelers to check road conditions in Saskatchewan.

There is now a new version of the mobile website which lets people choose interactive maps and click on specific portions of a highway.

“It’s important to note that about 60 per cent of users to our Highway Hotline, which is about three million visits annually now, use the mobile method,” Steve Shaheen, with the ministry of highways and infrastructure communications branch, said.

The mobile version allows cell phone users to use GPS to pinpoint the condition of highways near their location.

The desktop version has a travel planning locator tool which shows drivers live snapshots of road conditions along the top 16 most travelled highways.

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More improvements are on the way this winter including an alert icon for things such as floods or collisions. A new tool will show shippers emergency vehicle weight, width and other restrictions at certain locations.

Shaheen stressed the importance of not using a cell phone while driving.

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