Fingers crossed. “I hate to say it but for the storm this weekend, that’s about all we can do,” Amherst Mayor David Kogon said of the potential for ...
Rising waters from the Bay of Fundy rush up against a rail line along the Isthmus of Chignecto route from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick. - Mike JohnsonWatch on“I hate to say it but for the storm this weekend, that’s about all we can do,” Amherst Mayor David Kogon said of the potential for hurricane Lee to flood the Chignecto Isthmus transportation and telecommunications infrastructure that connects Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada.
Premier Tim Houston answers questions from reporters at One Government Place on Thursday. - Ryan Taplin The supply chain carries many essential goods, including food, with Nova Scotia importing over 90 per cent of the food it consumes. Kevin Bekkers, an engineer with the resource sustainability branch of the Nova Scotia Agriculture Department, told The Chronicle Herald in late July that a number of people from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are engaged in reviewing the engineering feasibility report and working to create a team to get mobilized to start the project.
Bekkers said if there are opportunities to do some upgrades or changes to help mitigate such an occurrence over the next 10 years while the upgraded infrastructure is being built, “that’s currently what we’re looking at.”
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