Twinning "The 103" Still Tops

Twinning Highway 103 remains a priority of the provincial government. The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal says we're going to see improvements moving ahead before too long. Geoff MacLellan says the 103 has been ignored too long and he anticipates the federal government will come through and pitch in money for the project.



The immediate priority is to twin the highway from Exit 5 in Tantallon to Exit 6 in Hubbards. The long term goal is to then continue on with the work to Bridgewater. The 103 has been labelled by the Highway Safety Council as the most dangerous and deadly highway in all of Canada. Twenty-four people have been killed on that highway between Halifax and Yarmouth in the past five years. Fifteen of those fatalities have occurred between Tantallon and Bridgewater.