The provincial government says it paid out about $30 million in expropriation claims before building a 16-kilometre section of Hwy. 104 in Antigonish County.
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The Cost Of Highway Expropriations
Jul 28, 2017 | Transportation
Halifax Stanfield Eyes Retail, Professional Services & Fast Food Lane
Jul 21, 2017 | Transportation
Halifax International Airport Authority wants to create a fast food restaurant node and other retail offerings on 17 acres near the existing Irving & Subway operations, says Glen Boone.
Hines: 103 HWY To Be Twinned First; 104’s Marshy Hope Challenges
Jul 7, 2017 | Transportation
Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines says twinning of Hwy. 103 on the South Shore could begin with clear-cutting of trees later this year.
Peter Spurway’s Art Of Communication
Jun 30, 2017 | Transportation
Peter Spurway is clear about one thing as he transitions to part-time work at the Halifax International Airport Authority — he has no plans to retire from the workforce.
Brison Pushes Port Authority To Reveal Expenses
Jun 23, 2017 | Transportation
Kings-Hants Liberal MP Scott Brison has introduced a bill to force the Halifax Port Authority to release an account of its monthly expenses, something it has not been doing, despite an authority assertion it takes transparency seriously.
Diana Dalton To Port Board – Ron Pink Gets Brushed Aside
Jun 9, 2017 | Transportation
Leading labour and employment lawyer Ron Pink has again been passed over by Ottawa for a Halifax Port Authority directorship, says waterfront union leader Kevin Piper.
Piper, who heads Halifax Longshoremen’s Association Local 269, had put forward Pink’s name last year.
Digby Poor House Road Battle
May 19, 2017 | Transportation
The group Voices for Hope has been embroiled in a battle with the Nova Scotia government to save a plot of land near Digby filled with unmarked graves that date back over 100 years and which could contain over 300 bodies.
The Financials Behind Confederation Bridge
May 12, 2017 | Transportation
As The Macdonald Notebook reported last weekend in our inaugural edition, Confederation Bridge linking New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island turns 20-years-old on May 31.
NS Road Titans Conceived 20-Year-Old Strait Crossing
May 5, 2017 | Politics, Transportation
NS Strait of lost dreams.
Confederation Bridge, the fixed link to Prince Edward Island, turns 20 years old on May 31.
Begun in 1993 and opened in 1997, the bridge to the Island was conceived over after-dinner drinks by two Nova Scotia road giants, close business buddies.
104 HWY Fire Chief Calls Twinning Announcement ‘Fantastic’
Apr 28, 2017 | Transportation
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