The weather is warm, the mosquitos are getting to be a nuisance, and that means it's construction season.

A number of projects of varying magnitudes are going on around southwest Saskatchewan, totaling about $15 million of highway and bridge work.

Additionally, a $7.1-million resurfacing project on Highway 4 near Cadillac and an $8.3-million paving project on Highway 42 near Eyebrow have been completed.

Highway 4 is the subject of a lot of attention, as paving work - worth around $5.3 million according to Highways and Infrastructure Minister David Marit - north of Swift Current to Stewart Valley continues. There is also extensive bridge rehabilitation work at Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park over the Saskatchewan River on Highway 4 going on, worth about $5 million.

South of Swift Current, Highway 4 is getting worked on the rest of the way to Val Marie (which was halfway completed last year).

And there's also surfacing being done northwest of Cabri on Highway 32 to the Shackleton Access, as well as surfacing going on over near Maple Creek on Highway 21 between the junctions of Highways 221 and 271.

Marit said projects have a range of projected end dates, as some could be finished as early as the end of June, and others could take all the way to September.

"The tenders are all individual and their closing dates are respective of that," he said.

Marit added that he's glad the government is making an investment to reduce traffic and risk on the roads.

"Our capital budget in excess of $300 million is pretty significant because our maintenance is in that neighbourhood, if not, a little more too," he said. "To still see that investment from the province in capital projects around the province is pretty significant. We're working on a lot of things - passing lanes are becoming a big part of what we're trying to do, and to alleviate obviously the traffic that we're seeing on some of our major highways, that we can alleviate that and obviously improve safety - that's first and foremost."