Paving Project Awarded for Kings County

A $257,350 road-paving contract for Kings County has been awarded by the Department of Transportation and Public Works.

The contract was awarded to Lafarge Canada Inc. and involves repaving on Route 201 from Bridge Street in Greenwood west for 1.5 kilometres to the Kings/Annapolis county line.

The Department of Transportation and Public Works is spending $143-million in road construction this year to improve the province's highways.

The department's 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 district offices in Bridgewater, Bedford, Truro and Sydney.