To protect students and make roads safer, the province is introducing legislation today, Nov. 2, to reduce speed limits in school areas. The speed limit would be reduced from 50 km/h to 30 km/h when children are present in school areas where the surrounding speed zone is 50 km/hr. In school areas where the surrounding speed zone [...]
By Leonard Preyra, MLA, Halifax Citadel
Over a decade ago a visionary group of environmentalists, outdoor enthusiasts and political leaders dreamed of a network of trails snaking along the shorelines of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). One trail, following footpaths blazed over the last century, would be a leisurely hiking path with branches leading to scenic [...]
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wed. Mar 4 – 9:26 PM
The Nova Scotia government has rejected a plan to develop a consolidated truck and rail corridor into Halifax, saying Wednesday the cost of the project is too high.
A report examining the feasibility of the project put the cost at more than $220 million, considerably [...]
Wisdom of paving rail cut challenged
By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter
The wisdom of the proposed widening of the CN rail cut in Halifax was repeatedly challenged at a packed public meeting Wednesday night.
Residents potentially affected by the proposal are worried the controversial project, which is the subject of a $288,765 feasibility study to determine the [...]
A proposal to expand CN’s rail cut in Halifax to accommodate trucks and possibly transit buses will be the subject of a public meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Saint Mary’s University.
The local MLA, New Democrat Leonard Preyra, is to host the 90-minute information session in Room 165 of the Sobey Building at Saint [...]
MR. SPEAKER: The honourable Deputy Government House Leader.
MR. CHUCK PORTER: Mr. Speaker, I move that you do now leave the Chair and that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on Supply unto Her Majesty.
MR. SPEAKER: The honourable member for Halifax Citadel.
MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Also soon to be known as Halifax [...]
Halifax will need a third fixed harbour crossing by 2016 to handle growing traffic needs, a new report says.
The study, prepared for the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission, recommends a tunnel or third bridge.”If we take a look at the projections we see a significant increase in our population and in our employment and that means there’s [...]