Snow and icy roads are causing traffic trouble on Saskatchewan’s highways Saturday, including semis blocking parts of two major highways in the province, RCMP say.
Police said as of just before 1 p.m., the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway are restricted between Rush Lake and Chaplin, about 60 kilometres to the east, because of a semi that’s blocking lanes.
Another semi on Highway 11 near Kenaston, about 80 kilometres south of Saskatoon, was blocking the northbound lane, RCMP said in a news release.
Police asked drivers to avoid both areas, but also to check the Saskatchewan government’s Highway Hotline to find out when roads are plowed and sanded to allow for better driving conditions.
The hotline shows most of the highways in the southern portion of the province as snow-covered at about 1:20 p.m.
