“Let him die for a reason”: Twinning announcement a sombre reminder for advocate
Posted Apr 27, 2017 05:51:27 AM.
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HALIFAX – A long called for plan to twin the 100 series was announced Wednesday.
Dartmouth resident Bruce Heatherington has been advocating for twinned highways for nearly a decade now and the timing of the announcement is a sombre reminder of why he started his fight.
Monday would have been Jamie Heatherington’s 41st birthday, but Bruce’s son died in a head on collision on Hwy. 103 at age of 33.
Since that day Heatherington has been calling on the government to twin the highways and on Tuesday he received a call from the transportation minister saying an announcement would be made Wednesday.
The announcement commits an additional $390 million to improve highways over the next seven years including parts of highway 101, 103 and 104.
Heatherington tells NEWS 95.7 it’s welcome news after fighting for change over the past nine years.
“If my son died, let him die for a reason and the reason is to save other people’s lives,” said Heatherington. “He did work for the police department and was always concerned with safety. So where he died let’s hope other people will live because of that.”
Heatherington adds that until construction actually begins he will continue to fight for change and while the project is expected to be completed in seven years, he hopes it’s done sooner.
