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Spring Weight Restriction Regulations Effective Date Order
made under subsection 20(1) of the
N.S. Reg. 38/2025 (effective March 10, 2025)
I, Guy Deveau, Executive Director of Maintenance and Operations, Department of Public Works, as delegated by the Minister of Public Works under subsection 20(1) of Chapter 371 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Highways Act (“the Act”), hereby order that the Spring Weight Restriction Regulations, N.S. Reg. 31/2018, made under subsection 20(1) of the Act are effective in the counties listed in Column 1 of the following table during the period set out in Column 2 of the table opposite the names of the counties.
Effective Dates for Spring Weight Restriction Regulations
Column 1: Counties
Column 2: Weight Restriction Periods
Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens, Lunenburg, Digby, Annapolis and Kings
11:59 p.m., March 10, 2025 to
11:59 p.m., April 27, 2025
Halifax and Hants
11:59 p.m., March 10, 2025 to
11:59 p.m., April 27, 2025
Colchester, Cumberland and Pictou
11:59 p.m., March 10, 2025 to
11:59 p.m., April 27, 2025
Antigonish, Guysborough, Richmond, Inverness, Victoria and Cape Breton
11:59 p.m., March 10, 2025 to
11:59 p.m., April 27, 2025
Dated and made at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on February 25, 2025.
sgd. Guy Deveau
Guy Deveau, P. Eng.
Executive Director, Maintenance and Operations
Department of Public Works
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