Highway Hotline smartphone app now available

Saskatchewan's new Highway Hotline app is now available.

Motorists travelling in Saskatchewan can now download an updated Highway Hotline app for their smartphone to check road conditions.

The province said a new version of the Highway Hotline includes cleaner graphics and added functions like an expanded route-planning feature that includes road conditions.

The Highway Hotline has been available for almost 50 years and was originally a phone service people could access. Today highway conditions can still be heard over the phone by calling 1-888-335-7623 or 511.

Roughly 6.5 million people use the Highway Hotline online per year.

Last winter the province said the hotline set a record with nearly 13 million hits.

The new app is available free of cost at Google Play and the Apple Store by searching Saskatchewan Highway Hotline.