The North Winnipeg road, which is a base station of the city’s Sikhi Community Center, has been paved after members, for decades, seeks to get street improvements.
“We have been waiting more than my whole life, every day,” Jasdeep Devgan, MLA McPhillips and former Manitoba Government Sikh, said at a news conference on Thursday. “It’s a bit of a surreal moment.”
Sikhi society has long been asking politicians Mollard Road, a street that runs between Pipeline Road and the Prairie Dog Trail in the northern Winnipeg, south of the ring.
Devgan was a number of commitments and even campaign promises to complete politicians’ upgrades, but Sikhi’s society and its members were left hanging.
“How many ministers and how many prime ministers and members of the Parliament and other people did we ask to level this way?” said President of the Manitoba Sikhi Association Harbans Bar.
“We were tired of asking people and we had no beliefs,” he said. “This time our dream came true.”
Premier Wab Kinew spoke at a press conference on Thursday, announcing updates to Mollard Road, which came more than a year after the province promised $ 6 million for the project. (Prabhjot Singh Lotey/CBC)
The NDP government showed $ 6 million to return Mollard Road in April 2024. the province said Funding is also used to create a walking path along the street.
“By the time we appeared in the last elections and promised to build a road, people were probably, like” oh yeah, we heard it earlier, “” Premier Wab Kinew said.
“Getting things takes persistence, and eventually this investment takes place,” he said.
Kinew said working on the walking path is still part of the plan.
The Winnipeg City spokesman said that the crew made an asphalt reconstruction on the Mollard Road, from the railway to Pipeline Road near King Edward Street, about 2.6 kilometers.
The city said a granular road from track to King Edward Street.
However, the city spokesman said that the agreement between the city and the province to update Mollard Road did not include the construction of a walking route.
The Prime Minister’s press secretary later confirmed that the Manitoba government will continue to develop plans to get a built walk.
Improved road safety
Road improvements are expected not only to improve safety and connections on Mollard Road, but also to support growth, Kinew said.
The road was almost unveive and sometimes dangerous after softening the rain, said Gillingham, Mayor of Winnipeg, who had also promised the road update.
Investment is important not only to allow better access to the Manitoba Sikhi society, but also to improve the safety of residents of the area, he said.
The Manitoba Sikhie Association was aiming for a project in 2021 when it opened a new expanded building south of Mollard, near Pipeline Road. The Khalsa school lives in the building and the extension included a larger library and a larger worship space.
Thursday announcement will be the day before the 56th anniversary of the registration of Sikh society in Manitoba. At that time, less than 10 Sikh families lived in Winnipeg, said President of Society Bar.
The location of Sikh society on Mollard Road was founded in the early 1980s.