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RANSPORTATION/PUBLIC WORKS--ROUTE 2 AT STEWIACKE TO BE CLOSED 
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Route 2 at Stewiacke to the Stewiacke River Bridge, Colchester
Co., will be closed to all traffic  for about two weeks beginning
May 26.

Repairs will be carried out between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from
Monday to Friday. Work is expected to be complete by June 9.

Motorists should detour northbound via Stewiacke to Brookfield to
Highway 102. Southbound traffic should detour via Old Alton Road
to Cloverday Road. Local traffic should detour via MacKay Siding
Road.

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Contact: Chris Welner
         Transportation and Public Works, Halifax
         902-424-8687

         Kevin Caines
         Transportation and Public Works, Truro
         902-893-5780

trp                    May 16, 1997 - 4 p.m.