Study expected on twinning Nova Scotia highways in the coming weeks
Posted May 27, 2016 05:47:18 AM.
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HALIFAX – A study on twinning Nova Scotia’s 100-series highways is expected to be released in the coming weeks after a fatal crash on Highway 104 Monday has renewed calls for safety precautions.
A 35-year-old Halifax woman was killed in the crash near Broadway on Monday, along one of eight sections of the province’s 100 series highways currently being studied for an twinning option.
On Thursday, Nova Scotia Transportation Minister Geoff McLellan said the study is in its final draft stages and he expects it be released in the next several weeks.
McLellan tells Global News he expects the report to be available for a few weeks before public consultations begin across the province, to help Nova Scotians digest the study.
“For us, this is about getting to the doorsteps of Nova Scotians and having them see exactly what we see in the same format and in an understandable breakdown,” McLellan said. “Then it’s let the people who put us here decide what to do next.”
He said he anticipates the consultation portion to begin at the end of the summer at the latest.
The plan will also include potential highway tolls and is expected to cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
