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The City of Saskatoon is getting a roughly $28 million boost from the provincial and federal governments to help with the construction of a new $45 million interchange at Boychuk Drive and Highway 16 in Saskatoon.

The intersection is backed up daily at rush hour.

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On Thursday, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi, and Saskatchewan’s Minister of Government Relations Jim Reiter were in Saskatoon for the annoucement. Both said the new interchange will reduce traffic congestion in the area alongside its environmental impacts.

“Traffic congestion and gridlock costs Canada’s economy billions of dollars in lost productivity each year, damages our environment, and makes it harder for people to get to work and for families to spend time together,” said Sohi in a release.

The total cost of the interchange is expected to cost roughly $45 million, with the Government of Saskatchewan and the Government of Canada contributing up to $14.7 million to the project.