The Progressive Conservatives are making good on an election promise to bring back 24-hour snow clearing on busy provincial highways and roads, but the price tag is higher than what the party originally touted while on the campaign trail this fall.

During the general election campaign, now-Premier Tony Wakeham promised to bring back the service with an estimated cost of $1.9 million annually.

That number is now $3 million — a 58 per cent increase — according to the party, which made the announcement on Wednesday morning at the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure depot in Foxtrap.

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“You're going from $1.9 [million] to $3 million. Yeah, it's an increase. But again, it's for people’s safety," Transportation and Infrastr

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