Winter road weights for the season come to end in Saskatchewan at midnight on March 14.
To see a map of the latest weight restrictions in Sask. click here.
While winter weights take advantage of frozen soils to protect highways and create higher truck capacities seasonally; spring road bans reduce allowable weights on rural municipal roads and secondary weight highways by 10 to 15 percent to help prevent damage.
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Saskatchewan is unique because it has nine-month primary weight highways, and there are different dates when these weights are in effect compared to other prairie provinces.
In the north, the annual weight increase on these roads is from July 1 to March 31 of the following year. In the south, this occurs from June 15 to March 15 of the following year.
Producers looking for information on which roads are impacted should visit Saskatchewan.ca/trucking and download the New Spring Order.
You can also download the order below:
Contact karen.briere@producer.com
