The Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association (TCYHA) has been working to make Highway 16 the best way to get across Western Canada. Yorkton city councillor Randy Goulden has been active in the association since 1995, and was recently honored with the Tête Jaune award, recognizing long standing commitment to the organization.
Goulden says she was pleased and surprised to receive the award from the TCYHA, and says that she has long been marketing visiting Yorkton using the Yellowhead. She says that being a major part of the TCYHA makes sense
"Working with the communities that surround us, we have been fairly successful in using and branding the highway as the way to come into Yorkton," she says.
However, while it's her name on the award, Goulden emphasizes that the work that she has done could not have been accomplished on her own. She says that the partners she works with are as important in what she does to help promote the Yellowhead.
Currently the Saskat-chewan Vice President, Goulden says that working with the TCYHA is an exciting environment, as she has the opportunity to work with like-minded people from across Western Canada to promote the highway. She says she has travelled the length of the highway, and that confirms that what she's doing with the association is worthwhile.
"I truly believe that's the most scenic way to travel across Western Canada."
Her work with the TCYHA continues with advocacy work, and Goulden says that one of the big things that she has been advocating is twinning the highway between Saskatoon and the Manitoba border, because the increases in highway traffic means it's going to be important for safety.
"We're constantly ad-vocating for a better road system, better signage, and a safer way to get people in and out of our communities."
She says that she's excited about working on different ideas and working with other communities to make the Yellowhead the way to travel.
