Highway 104 Twinning

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Opportunity A report released in January 2017 from consulting firm CBCL Ltd. found that stretches of Highway 104 were deemed financial feasible for twinning. The report, commissioned by the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation found that traffic volume was sufficient to set a toll that drivers would be willing to pay. A two-lane section of Highway 104 between Truro and Amherst was completed in 1997 through a public-private partnership. For example, it took 10 years for the province to twin a 16-kilometre section of Highway 104 at Antigonish. The Cobequid Pass, designed as a private-public partnership, was 45 kilometres and it took just under two years to build, Hackett said. Thirty-eight kilometres between Sutherlands River, Pictou Co., and Antigonish will be twinned as well as the construction of new interchanges and bridges. “The 100-series highways are the backbone of our transportation system, carrying people and goods from one end of the province to the other,” said Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines. “This project will make that portion of highway safer and benefit generations to come.” The department expects to announce the winner in early 2020. The twinning of Highway 104 is to be completed by the end of 2023.

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