Report: $1.1-billion link would join Woodside to south-end rail cut
By AMY PUGSLEY FRASER City Hall Reporter
Halifax may one day have its own Chunnel or a new bridge.
With Halifax’s population growth and traffic congestion, metro may need a new south-end bridge or tunnel as early as 2016 to complement the A. Murray MacKay and the Angus [...]
It could be a traffic stopper, literally if not figuratively.
We’re referring to a bill tabled in the legislature last week by MLA Leonard Preyra. He wants to force drivers of other vehicles to yield to transit buses trying to merge with traffic after picking up passengers.
“It’s very important for us to send a signal that [...]
By ANGELICA BLENICH
Legislation proposed Friday at Province House is intended to help ease traffic woes on the streets of Halifax.
MLA Leonard Preyra (Halifax Citadel) introduced the bill, which he said would make it easier for buses trying to merge with traffic after picking up passengers.
The legislation would require vehicles to allow buses back into the [...]
November 30, 2007
Halifax – Leonard Preyra, NDP MLA for Halifax Citadel, today introduced legislation in the House of Assembly that, if passed, would require vehicles to yield to a transit bus re-entering traffic if the bus has signaled its intention to proceed.
“First and foremost, this is a safety measure,” says Preyra. “When a vehicle pulls [...]
MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Mr. Speaker, Bill No. 7 is an omnibus bill. It has many, many significant changes proposed and my colleagues, the members for Queens, Cole Harbour and Halifax Needham, have spoken eloquently about many other aspects of the bill. [...]
By Leonard Preyra
Construction on the Harbour Solutions Project has closed Lower Water Street and diverted truck traffic from the port through downtown Halifax. The HRM is demolishing houses and expropriating front lawns to deal with rush hour traffic at the Armdale Rotary. Motorists avoiding traffic jams on arterial roads on the Halifax peninsula are taking [...]
By PAUL EVEREST
At just before 8 p.m. Friday, a commissionaire put on his brightly coloured gloves and readied the gates at Point Pleasant Park’s lower parking lot to be closed early in accordance with a recent municipal decision.
A moment later, more than 100 drivers gathered in the south-end Halifax lot for a “civil protest” against [...]