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TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC WORKS--HIGHWAY 103 AT BARRINGTON ----------------------------------------------------------------- A $12 million road construction project will bridge the gap for Highway 103 at Barrington, Shelburne County, Transportation and Public Works Minister Don Downe announced today. "This project will connect one of the last missing sections of Highway 103 in Shelburne County, providing a safer, controlled access road for motorists travelling the south western area of the province," Mr. Downe said. The 8.3 kilometre two-lane highway will extend north of Oak Park, Riverhead, Barrington Head and Barrington, and run from the existing Highway 103 near Oak Park to Trunk 3/Highway 103 east of Barrington. This construction project will take three years to complete and is likely to enhance economic opportunities in the area, the minister said. "In the short term we expect there to be indirect and direct job creation, and economic advantages for local business," he said. "In the long term, the roadway will become part of the province's infrastructure offering a safer, more efficient mode of travel for business or pleasure." Signs will be posted along Highway 103 indicating destinations and services in the Barrington area. As part of the department's long term planning process preliminary environmental work has already been done on site. The project will be registered for environmental approval early this spring or summer. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer and be complete in the fall of 1999. -30- Contact: Chris Welner 90-424-8687 mfm Feb. 12, 1997 12:02 p.m.