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TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNICATIONS--TWINNED HIGHWAY 104 COMPLETED ------------------------------------------------------------ An additional 19 kilometres of newly twinned Highway 104 opened to traffic today in northern Nova Scotia. About three kilometres of new four-lane construction were built to bypass Kemptown in Colchester County, followed by 16 kilometres of new eastbound lanes over Mount Thom to West River Station Road at Salt Springs, Pictou County. Eleven different construction firms were involved in a number of projects with the majority of work carried out in 1994 and 1995. The projects included new four-lane construction for the Kemptown bypass followed by two new eastbound lanes for Highway 104, an overpass structure at Riversdale Road, two bridges over Salmon River, an interchange at East Kemptown and realigning a section of Trunk 4 leading to Highway 104. The total cost of $34.6 million was equally shared by the Nova Scotia and federal governments with funding from the Canada-Nova Scotia Highway Improvement Agreement and the Canada-Nova Scotia Strategic Highway Improvement Agreement. "Nova Scotia now has approximately 110 kilometres of twinned Highway 104," said Transportation and Communications Minister Richie Mann. "That's about 38 per cent of the Trans-Canada from the New Brunswick border to the Canso Causeway. The remaining critical portions, between Alma and Salt Springs, and the Western Alignment between Thompson Station and Masstown, will be completed by 1998." -30- Contact: Public Affairs and Communications 902-424-8687 trp Dec. 05, 1995