Road Improvement Contract Awarded in Cumberland County

TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC WORKS--Road Improvement Contract Awarded in Cumberland County

Motorists in the Shinimicas River Bridge area of Cumberland County will soon be travelling on an improved section of roadway.

A $938,655 road-improvement contract for Shinimicas Road was announced today, April 14.

The contract was awarded to Cumberland Paving and Contracting Ltd. The work involves widening, gravelling and repaving on Shinimicas Road from Shinimicas River Bridge for about 3.8 kilometres to the junction of route 366.

"Not only will this project be useful to the people who live around Shinimicas," said Ron Russell, Minister of Transportation and Public Works, "but also to the many tourists who travel on Nova Scotia's beautiful Sunrise Trail."

The Department of Transportation and Public Works highways division manages more than 23,000 kilometres of roads in Nova Scotia. It maintains 4,100 bridges and operates seven provincial ferries. Staff provide services from offices in Bridgewater, Bedford, Truro and Sydney.