by The province says it will spend $500 million to improve and upgrade roads, highways and bridges this year.
A Five-Year Highway Improvement Plan released today includes more than 150 construction and improvement projects for the coming year.
The projects include the continued construction of rotaries to Weidner Drive on King’s Road in Sydney as well as a new Mira Gut bridge.
Intersection improvements at Seaside Drive and Gardiner Road are also on the list, and the Department of Transportation plans to repave sections of the 125 Sydney Bypass, the Sydport Access Road and Caribou Marsh Road.
This year’s plan also includes the conversion of the Port Hastings rotary to a roundabout.
Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines says they’re aiming for construction in the late summer or early fall and they’re going to try to minimize disruptions.
Hines says the project is now in the design stage and an open is house is being planned for the spring to get public input.