{"id":9332,"date":"2024-10-22T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=9332"},"modified":"2024-10-22T14:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:46:58","slug":"new-intersection-design-to-improve-traffic-flow-at-the-canso-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/new-intersection-design-to-improve-traffic-flow-at-the-canso-causeway\/","title":{"rendered":"New Intersection Design to Improve Traffic Flow at the Canso Causeway."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Travel to and from Cape Breton will be safer, with better access points, after intersection upgrades are complete in Port Hastings, Inverness County, to connect highways 104 and 105, Trunk 4 and Route 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nova Scotians want a safer highway network, and this new design will improve traffic flow while supporting active transportation,\u201d said Allan MacMaster, Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and MLA for Inverness , on behalf of Kim Masland, Minister of Public Works. \u201cI understand the frustration of waiting for a ship to pass through the canal. Public Works has carefully designed a solution that I\u2019m confident will ease delays and improve safety in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new intersection design will keep vehicles from blocking the intersection when drivers cannot cross the Canso Causeway because it is open to marine traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Port-Hastings-V2_16x9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Port-Hastings-V2_16x9.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Port-Hastings-V2_16x9-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will include a bridge over Trunk 4 and a new sidewalk system so pedestrians can access local businesses without having to cross Highway 105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Design work is complete, and a tender will be issued in the coming weeks. Construction is expected to begin early this winter and be completed in late 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>total project cost will be released once the tender process is complete<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the project is funded under the current major highway construction budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Works needs to acquire additional land for this project, an ongoing process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel to and from Cape Breton will be safer, with better access points, after intersection upgrades are complete in Port<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9333,"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-9332","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\/9332","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=9332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9335,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9332\/revisions\/9335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}