Ottawa says the spending will help protect over 60 towns and communities on the western coast of Nova Scotia and along Highway 101 from rising seas and powerful storms expected to batter the coast
The money to be spent over the next decade will improve causeways and other structures along Highway 101 - the main highway to the Annapolis Valley - to help protect the town of Windsor.
The funds for improving the dike system had already been booked in the province’s capital budget, with the first rehabilitation project beginning this year near Nappan, N.S. “Rising sea levels and coastal have the potential to create catastrophic consequences,” she said in prepared remarks.
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