Tender Called for Highway 101 Paving

A new 11-kilometre stretch of twinned Highway 101 will be ready this fall for travellers to and from the Annapolis Valley as a result of a tender called by the province.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal has called for tenders to pave the new lanes of Highway 101 from west of the overpass of Trunk 1 near Falmouth for about 11.6 kilometres to Exit 9 at Avonport. Also included is the construction of an eastbound off-ramp at Exit 9. Cost of the project is being shared by the provincial and federal governments.

"We have made great progress in twinning our 100-series highways during the last few years," said Murray Scott, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. "This project will complete another huge step in improving road safety in Nova Scotia."

The Department of Transportation and Public Works' highways division manages more than 23,000 kilometres of roads in Nova Scotia. It maintains 4,100 bridges and operates seven provincial ferries. Staff provide services from district offices in Bridgewater, Bedford, Truro and Sydney.