Highway 2 north is currently twinned from Prince Albert to just past the Red Wing turnoff (seven kilometres)

By Nigel Maxwell

Provincial infrastructure

Additional six-kilometre stretch of Highway 2 North to be twinned: Provincial budget

Mar 19, 2026 | 1:48 PM

One of many details in this year’s provincial budget will directly impact families who commute to Prince Albert for work or who travel north from the city to the lakes.

One of the projects benefitting from the $764 million allocated for improving safety and enhancing key transportation corridors, is further twinning on Highway 2 North. According to information provided to paNOW by the Ministry of Highways, the six-kilometer long project will stretch from north of Red Wing Road to north of White Star Road.

A total estimated cost for construction won’t be known until a contractor is secured through the tendering process.

The entire project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, pending weather and contractor progress. Prince Albert Northcote MLA Alana Ross spoke to paNOW about the project.

“We need highways to be able to transport our goods. We need highways to be able to safely travel across our communities,” she said, adding highways are chosen to be twinned based on traffic volumes.

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“If you’ve ever gone up to the lakes in the North, you know the volume of traffic that is on those highways and you know historically there’s been several very bad accidents on that highway. Safety is a priority for our government and that is one of the reasons that we twinned part of the Shellbrook Highway when I first started in government.”

The newly elected reeve for the RM of Buckland Linda Clavelle was in Regina for the budget announcement.

“I understand the Ministry of Highways is undertaking numerous safety initiatives this year. I am grateful our section of Highway 2 is being worked on. This is a very busy corridor with too many accidents. It is a key connector to Northern Saskatchewan,” she said.

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