{"id":10349,"date":"2025-01-17T19:19:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T22:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=10349"},"modified":"2025-01-17T19:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T22:19:35","slug":"storm-protection-for-market-wharf-in-pictou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/storm-protection-for-market-wharf-in-pictou\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Protection for Market Wharf in Pictou."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A shared investment from the federal, provincial and municipal governments will protect the Market Wharf in Pictou from storms and rising sea levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Market Wharf has provided services for local and visiting boaters and community members for more than 20 years, with a visitor information centre, space for picnics, barbeques and live music, and more. To help protect it from extreme weather, a new, fixed breakwater will replace a floating breakwater, and a sturdier wharf extension will be built. Both structures will be higher than the current ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Market Wharf is a hub for our community and for our neighbours to connect, offering so much more than just a place for boats to refuel,\u201d said Marco MacLeod, MLA for Pictou West, on behalf of John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs. \u201cThis investment will protect the future of the Market Wharf so that it can continue to serve as the heart and pride of our waterfront, both for our community and our visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrastructure at the Market Wharf includes buildings; sewer, water and storm systems; roads and paths; wooden structures; businesses; and personal property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once complete, the $6-million project is expected to reduce the risk associated with future sea level rise and storm surges, and it will reduce the number of people who are left without access to essential services during storm surge events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Market Wharf is a key part of the town\u2019s waterfront area. As Nova Scotia continues to experience more extreme weather events, we have seen that area is vulnerable to storm surge and sea level rise. This new fixed breakwater and improved wharf will help keep residents and properties safe.\u201d<br>\u2014&nbsp;<em>Sean Fraser, Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCompletion of this project will enhance opportunities for both community and regional growth by providing expanded marine services and opportunities for boating enthusiasts. This new re-imagined Market Wharf will also return to its previous position as a place for residents and visitors to gather. The Town of Pictou is very appreciative of the partnerships we have forged to be able to bring this important project to fruition.\u201d<br>\u2014&nbsp;<em>Jim Ryan, Mayor, Town of Pictou<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the Town of Pictou applied to the federal Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund for this project and received $2.4 million from the federal government and $2 million from the Province; the town is contributing $1.6 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>making adaptation investments now will have major economy-wide benefits later<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>every dollar that is invested in adapting and preparing for climate-related disasters can return as much as $13 to $15 in benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Weathering What\u2019s Ahead: Climate Change Risk and Nova Scotia\u2019s Well-being:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechange.novascotia.ca\/climate-impacts\">https:\/\/climatechange.novascotia.ca\/climate-impacts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Future of Nova Scotia\u2019s Coastline: A plan to protect people, homes and nature from climate change:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coastal-climate-change\/docs\/coastline-plan.pdf\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coastal-climate-change\/docs\/coastline-plan.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/housing-infrastructure.canada.ca\/dmaf-faac\/index-eng.html\">https:\/\/housing-infrastructure.canada.ca\/dmaf-faac\/index-eng.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shared investment from the federal, provincial and municipal governments will protect the Market Wharf in Pictou from storms and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10350,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10349\/revisions\/10350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}