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Highways Update

Transportation and Public Works (to Oct. 2007)

Provincial snow clearing crews are making good progress on paved roads following record-breaking snowfall across Nova Scotia.

The 100-Series highway network is open and almost all trunks and routes in Nova Scotia are 100 per cent cleared.

The provincewide state of emergency is still in effect and public safety is the number one concern. Nova Scotians are asked to remain patient and stay off the roads to give work crews time and room to clean highways and local roads.

Following is an update of snow clearing activity on Nova Scotia roads by area or county as of 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 21. Equipment is being redirected to areas where the need is greatest.

Lunenburg and Queens counties

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 80 per cent open
Local Roads: 50 per cent open

Yarmouth and Clare

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 80 per cent open
Local Roads: 70 per cent open

Digby and Annapolis

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 50 per cent open

Kings

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 80 per cent open
Routes: 80 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 65 per cent open
Local Roads: 20 per cent open

Hants West

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 90 per cent open
Local Roads: 90 per cent open

Hants East

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 30 per cent open
Local Roads: 20 per cent open

Halifax - suburban

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 70 per cent open
Local Roads: 70 per cent open

  • Ramps to 100 series highways are 75 per cent open.
  • Highway 111 is open, but there are lane reductions across Lake Banook and Lake Micmac.
  • Highway 118 is at one lane in the vicinity of Portobello Road.
  • Halifax Regional Municipality's (HRM) Emergency Measures Organization announced a limited curfew on all HRM roads, for both pedestrians and motorists, from 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, to 7 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, for all persons not considered emergency or essential services personnel. The curfew is intended to limit the amount of activity on streets to provide snow removal crews easier access to the roads.

Halifax - east

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 20 per cent open
Local Roads: 20 per cent open

Colchester

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 80 per cent open
Routes: 80 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 60 per cent open
Local Roads: 60 per cent open

Cumberland

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 90 per cent open
Routes: 90 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 50 per cent open
Local Roads: 50 per cent open

Pictou

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 60 per cent open

  • Trunk 6 has been "punched through," but is not passable at Toney River area.

Antigonish

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 75 per cent open
Local Roads: 75 per cent open

Guysborough

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 100 per cent open

Inverness South

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 90 per cent open

Richmond

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 90 per cent open

Inverness North

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 100 per cent open

Victoria

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 100 per cent open

Cape Breton County

100 series: 100 per cent open
Trunks: 100 per cent open
Routes: 100 per cent open
Secondary Paved: 100 per cent open
Local Roads: 100 per cent open

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