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Spring Weight Restriction Regulations Effective Date Order
made under subsection 20(1) of the
N.S. Reg. 80/2024 (effective April 11, 2024)
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 3, 2024 to
11:59 p.m., April 14, 2024
Halifax, Hants and Colchester South (portion of Colchester County south of Highway 104 and bounded by Folly River in the west and the Pictou County line in the east)
11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to
11:59 p.m., April 14, 2024
Cumberland, Pictou and Colchester North (portion of Colchester County not included in Colchester south)
11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to
11:59 p.m., April 28, 2024
Antigonish, Guysborough, Richmond, Inverness, Victoria and Cape Breton
11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to
11:59 p.m., April 28, 2024
Dated and made at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 11, 2024.
sgd. Guy Deveau
Guy Deveau, P. Eng.
Executive Director, Maintenance and Operations
Department of Public Works