S.M. 2007, c. 26

Bill 209, 1^st Session, 39^th Legislature

The Historic Highway No. 1 Act

(Assented to November 8, 2007)

WHEREAS Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 was part of the first national highway system in Canada before the present Trans-Canada Highway route was completed;

AND WHEREAS Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 was a key link in the movement of people and goods across the vast territory of Canada;

AND WHEREAS Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 played an integral role in the economic development of Manitoba and in the population growth of Western Canada;

AND WHEREAS transportation connections promote our national and provincial identity;

NOW THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Historic Highway No. 1 designated

1           Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 is hereby designated the "Historic Highway No. 1".

C.C.S.M. reference

2           This Act may be referred to as chapter H66 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba.

Coming into force

3           This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.