News Release Archive
TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNICATION--MINISTER RESPONDS TO COALITION
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Coalition for Fairness leader Bill Casey, supported by
Cumberland County Warden Gerald Read, is proposing a minimum
two year delay in completion of the Highway 104 Western
Alignment project--two years during which a serious safety
issue will continue and worsen on the existing Wentworth
route Transportation and Communications Minister Richie Mann
said today.
"This group is opposing the expedited construction schedule
possible under the public-private partnership. I have asked
them to propose an alternative that will see the highway
completed just as quickly, and every one of their
suggestions would delay construction and require a greater
public contribution," Mr. Mann said.
Correspondence distributed earlier this week by the
Coalition for Fairness could not be considered an
alternative proposal, as the suggestions were based on
unsubstantiated information and figures "plucked from the
air," the minister said.
The minister said that negotiations are continuing with
Atlantic Highways Corporation, and he anticipates work will
begin this spring, and the highway open before 1998.
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trp Jan. 12, 1996