Three months after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, a memorial to remember the fallen at the Armley Corner is still going strong – with no plans to remove it.
The highways ministry has no set length of time a memorial can be placed along a highway, as it wants to respect the families’ need to grieve.
Grant Bastedo, a spokesperson for the Humboldt Broncos, said the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation will be working on a permanent memorial.
“There will be a plan, but it’s still in the works. They’ll be meeting about it in the next month or so,” he said. “In September, there will be a plan for what happens there.”
The province does allow permanent memorials outside the highway right-of-way, as long it ensures traffic safety and traffic flow, allows for effective highway and right-of-way maintenance, and avoids creating legal liability for the government.
The highway memorial for a similar incident, the 1986 Swift Current Broncos crash, is located on private property. The location of the current Broncos memorial, on the northwest corner of the intersection, is located on property owned by the RM of Connaught.
