Long-awaited highway project to ease Burnside traffic set to be completed in 2024 – Halifax | 24CA News
Nova Scotia’s long-awaited Burnside Connector is predicted to be accomplished this 12 months following a number of delays.
Public Works Minister Kim Masland says the $210-million mission is adhering to its price range nevertheless it has confronted setbacks.
“It has been a difficult project,” Masland says. “You know, many projects are difficult, but we’re problem solvers.”
The hall was accepted in 2018 to enhance highway security and pace up commutes.
It will lengthen Highway 107 to supply a further route connecting Burnside to the communities of Bedford and Sackville.
Work continues on the Burnside Connector mission. The new freeway is about to open in 2024.
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Masland says final 12 months’s excessive climate, together with the flash flooding, stalled the work.
The province additionally needed to relocate two endangered black ash timber, that are of cultural significance to the Mi’kmaq folks.
“The trees were replanted,” Masland says. “I don’t know the details of where, but because of their cultural significance we worked with L’nu Affairs through our consultation, and they were replanted.”
Although Masland couldn’t decide to a particular date, she says the connector will open in 2024.
“Work will continue this winter,” she says. “We’re doing some bridge work there, we’re also doing some signage and some lights. I don’t want to give you summer or fall, but it will be completed in 2024.”
More than 40,000 autos journey via the area day by day.
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