With spring in full swing in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan, the surface of travel for area residents becomes an important item to look after.

The Southeast Transportation Planning Committee's job is to do just that, and Councillor Dennis Moore, who is the chairman of the group, shared an update.

"Right now we are in the midst of doing a study, which we haven't done for 10 years, of what has changed and new activity such as grain or oil terminals or whatever. We will have a new up-to-date package of not only what has gone on out there, but what it has done to the traffic."

He noted that that the latter has changed quite a bit.

"When a road gets beat up bad enough, they will switch over to another one, and then eventually pummel that one."

He noted that his colleagues on the committee will also have another role to play whenever they meet with the Ministry of Highways, as the governmental body installed some new representatives.

"We are quite vital to them right now because we are going to be mentors for them during the first few months, until they really understand just how critical some of the things that happen down in this corner of the province are, due to high traffic and big loads."

"They will be watching what's going on for probably the next half year," he added.