{"id":13821,"date":"2026-11-10T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=13821"},"modified":"2026-11-10T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:44:06","slug":"additional-paving-projects-planned-for-100-series-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/additional-paving-projects-planned-for-100-series-highways\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Paving Projects Planned For 100 Series Highways."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drivers across the province will benefit from better, safer highways with 10 extra sections of 100-series highways recently tendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About another 60 kilometres of highway will be repaved using funds from underspent capital projects. This will further enhance safety and support trade and economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is critical that we keep our major highways in good shape for the people and businesses that count on them,\u201d said Fred Tilley, Minister of Public Works. \u201cIt is clear that we need to continue to take action to improve our transportation infrastructure, and this timely maintenance will address some of the busiest highways in our province.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highway sections being repaved are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Highway 105 \u2013 9.7 kilometres in both directions from Old Victoria Road near Port Hastings, Inverness County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 105 \u2013 5.9 kilometres easterly from Exit 8 near Baddeck, Victoria County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 101 \u2013 5.7 kilometres of the westbound lanes near Mount Uniacke, Hants County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 102 \u2013 eight kilometres of the northbound lanes from Exit 5A to Exit 7 near Enfield in Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 103 \u2013 6.5 kilometres of the westbound lanes from Exit 4 to Exit 5 near Tantallon, Halifax Regional Municipality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 104 \u2013 11.1 kilometres of the westbound lanes from Exit 19 to Exit 18A near Mount Thom in Pictou County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 104 \u2013 2.8 kilometres of the eastbound lanes from Exit 17 to East Mountain Road near Bible Hill, Colchester County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 104 \u2013 2.7 kilometres of the eastbound lanes from Exit 18A near Mount Thom in Colchester County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 101 \u2013 5.5 kilometres of the westbound lanes from the Hants County line west, near Hantsport, Kings County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway 101 \u2013 5.6 kilometres near Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department continuously looks for opportunities to do additional paving. About seven extra projects were completed during the 2025 construction season.<\/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 government committed about $161 million for asphalt and resurfacing of highways and roads this year in the five-year highway plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>costs will be known once projects are complete<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the road-building industry creates more than 6,000 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs each year in Nova Scotia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers across the province will benefit from better, safer highways with 10 extra sections of 100-series highways recently tendered. 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