Quebec's construction holiday starts

Starting Friday, Quebec's construction workers are on vacation. More than a hundred thousand workers will have the next two weeks off.

As vacation pay - they'll get three hundred and twenty six million dollars. The Quebec Construction Commission says that's up ten percent from last year.

The annual holiday was legislated in 1970. The province estimates that more than a quarter of its workforce takes their holidays at this time as well.

Police warn that this is one of the most dangerous times on highways as vacationers leave the city. During the holiday last year, thirty-six people died in road accidents.