Latest news with #RayMuirhead
CTV News
09-07-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Manitoba to rework plan to change intersection where deadly bus crash occurred
CTV's Jeff Keele reports on why Carberry residents are against a proposed plan to improve safety at a deadly intersection. CTV's Jeff Keele reports on why Carberry residents are against a proposed plan to improve safety at a deadly intersection. WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is backing away from a proposed change to an intersection where 17 people died in a bus crash. Premier Wab Kinew says after hearing from the community, the government will not proceed with a plan to reconstruct the intersection into an RCUT, or restricted crossing U-turn. The intersection of highways 1 and 5, near the Town of Carberry, was the site of a crash between a bus and a semi-trailer in June 2023. Area residents have called for safety upgrades, and the provincial Transportation department proposed an RCUT design, which would prevent traffic on highway 5 from turning left on or proceeding straight across highway 1. More than 2,100 people in the area signed a petition that said the design would not improve safety Kinew says the province will now step back and consider different options, and Carberry Mayor Ray Muirhead says residents would prefer an overpass to separate traffic. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 9, 2025. Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
CTV News
25-06-2025
- CTV News
Manitoba eyes 3 options to improve intersection where crash killed 17
A scorched patch of ground where a bus carrying seniors ended up after colliding with a transport truck and is seen on the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway where it intersects with Hwy 5, near Carberry, Man., Friday, June 16, 2023. The crash killed 17 people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck CARBERRY — The Manitoba government is moving closer to changing a highway intersection where a bus crash killed 17 people, but there is controversy over the plan. The province is holding an open house tonight in Carberry, west of Winnipeg, not far from where a minibus carrying 24 seniors tried to cross the Trans-Canada Highway and was struck by a semi-trailer in 2023. The province has discussed three options: widening the median, turning the intersection into a roundabout, or banning left turns onto the highway, which would force people to turn right before making a U-turn. A meeting notice says the preferred option is to be presented at the meeting, and some area residents say the province has been pushing the third alternative, known as a R-cut. Carberry Mayor Ray Muirhead says he still wants an overpass built — an option the government has said it's not considering. No charges were laid in the bus crash, as police said they could not prove the bus driver's actions that day rose to the level of being criminal. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Manitoba eyes three options to improve intersection where crash killed 17
CARBERRY — The Manitoba government is moving closer to changing a highway intersection where a bus crash killed 17 people, but there is controversy over the plan. The province is holding an open house tonight in Carberry, west of Winnipeg, not far from where a minibus carrying 24 seniors tried to cross the Trans-Canada Highway and was struck by a semi-trailer in 2023. The province has discussed three options: widening the median, turning the intersection into a roundabout, or banning left turns onto the highway, which would force people to turn right before making a U-turn. A meeting notice says the preferred option is to be presented at the meeting, and some area residents say the province has been pushing the third alternative, known as a R-cut. Carberry Mayor Ray Muirhead says he still wants an overpass built — an option the government has said it's not considering. No charges were laid in the bus crash, as police said they could not prove the bus driver's actions that day rose to the level of being criminal. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025. The Canadian Press
