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City will look into a reversing lane for Bedford Highway
City staff will create a report on what it would take to create a reversing lane on the Bedford Highway to handle rush hour traffic. Regional council unanimously approved the motion made by Hammonds Plains councillor Matt Whitman Tuesday afternoon. “I was really surprised that somebody else hasn’t suggested it before,” said Whitman. “I think
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Active transportation meeting tonight on 2015 Macdonald Bridge repairs
A huge deck replacement project on the Macdonald Bridge is in the works for 2015, and a workshop will be held tonight to give an overview of the project to the active transportation community. Even though the road sections will be replaced nightly, crews will be taking down the active transportation paths completely during the
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Motion coming to have reversing lane on Bedford Highway
A motion is expected to come to council tomorrow that’s intended to put the “rush” back into “rush hour” and the idea doesn’t even require any major new infrastructure. Councillor Matt Whitman’s proposal is to have a reversing lane on the Bedford Highway from the Kearney Lake Road to Halifax. “Like the Macdonald Bridge or
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Nightly closures during Forest Hills Extension construction
Construction season is in full swing in HRM and that could create some extra headaches for drivers in Dartmouth. The Forest Hills Extension is undergoing some major work and it will be closed nightly for more than a month. Work starts tonight on the Forest Hills Extension between Highway 118 and Main Street and crews
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Fatal crash on Highway 103
A man is dead after a two-vehicle collision on the South Shore on Sunday morning. RCMP Sgt. Alain LeBlanc confirms a man, believed to be in his forties, died following the crash between a Honda Civic and an 18-wheeler near Martins River, N.S. LeBlanc said the incident happened at 7:45 a.m. on Highway 103 between
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Man crashes car, then climbs 80 ft up Dartmouth power transformer
A man is being checked over in hospital after an incident that emergency responders say they’ve never witnessed before. The man climbed nearly 80 feet up a power transformer and stayed up there for nearly an hour this morning. This was after he was allegedly speeding, crashed and flipped his car on the Victoria Road off-ramp on to
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Joseph Howe Overpass construction
Construction starts Monday on the oldest and most heavily travelled section of the 100-series highways. The Joseph Howe overpass is getting new pavement, concrete, bridge rails, deck joints, and lighting. The overpass carries traffic onto highway 102 over Joseph Howe Drive to connect with Bayers Road. Two lanes of traffic will be open in the
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Police investigate fatal ATV crash in Sambro
Police investigators were on the scene of a fatal all-terrain-vehicle crash in the Sambro area early Wednesday morning. Halifax Regional Police said a 40-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after his ATV left the road in the 200-block of East Pennant Road around 1 a.m. “Why someone would go out at that hour,
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Councillor calls for pedestrian safety study
An increase in pedestrian-vehicle collisions in recent months has councillors in Halifax Regional Municipality calling for a study and an action plan. Coun. Steve Craig (Lower Sackville) is expected to introduce a motion at today’s meeting asking city staff for a report on pedestrian safety, as well as a motion calling for a long-term action
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Snowstorm blankets HRM
Haligonians are out shovelling their driveways and brushing off their cars this morning after a typical January snowstorm blanketed the region. News 95.7 meteorologist Richard Zurawski said the storm behaved as predicted, with snow starting Wednesday afternoon and ending just after midnight. Between 10 and 15 centimetres of fell around the region. Heavy snowfall during