The Nova Scotia authorities plans to spend greater than $1 billion over the following seven years on highways, bridges and ferry providers.
Public Works Minister Kim Masland says the deliberate spending marks one of many province’s largest investments in transportation infrastructure.
Masland says Nova Scotia plans to spend $450 million in 2023-24 on roadwork and main tasks already underway.
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Another $583 million has been put aside for six different main development tasks to be accomplished between 2025 and 2030.
As nicely, eight main tasks will proceed in 2023-24, together with the twinning of parts of a number of 100-series highways and 31 bridges are scheduled for substitute or rehabilitation.
Masland mentioned the six long-term development tasks embody:
- Twinning of Highway 103 between Hubbards and East River
- Twinning of Highway 103 between East River and Chester
- Construction of an interchange on Highway 103 at Argyle
- Twinning of Highway 104 between Taylors Road and Paqtnkek
- Twinning of Highway 107 between Burnside and Loon Lake
- Development of ferry infrastructure at Tancook.
The province has 23,000 kilometres of roads and highways and 4,100 bridges.
“This investment will not only make our highways and bridges safer, it will also enable the road-building industry time to plan and prepare for these major investments,” Masland mentioned in an announcement.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 6, 2023.
