Transportation

It is now clear that auto dealership baron Rob Steele’s interest in buying the former Rona building in Bayers Lake is about concentrating car dealerships in the massive 100,000-square foot building, according to well placed sources.

As Karen Oldfield’s Halifax Port Authority studies a controversial option of relocating the two container terminals from peninsular Halifax to Dartmouth, there is a considerably cheaper option also being reviewed to the option of a $1-billion new terminal in Shearwater or Eastern Passage.

Leading Halifax businessman Don Mills suggests the south end Halifax container terminal should be moved to Dartmouth.

Cruise ship calls to Halifax, which begin each year in April, ramp up in September and October for the fall foliage season in Atlantic Canada.

The who’s who of Halifax society turned up in force to recognize the pioneering steamship contributions of Samual Cunard, a Haligonian who shipped passengers and cargo ages ago across the Atlantic.

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.

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.

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 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.