Road-Paving Contract Awarded in Yarmouth County

Drivers in the Deerfield area of Yarmouth County will be travelling on smoother, safer roads after the completion of a road-paving contract awarded by the provincial Department of Transportation and Public Works.

The $1,258,950 contract was awarded to Dexter Construction Co. Ltd. It is for repaving Route 340 from the intersection of Route 203, near Carleton, for 6.3 kilometres southwest toward Deerfield.

Nova Scotia's Department of Transportation and Public Works is spending $143 million on road construction during 2005-06.

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 offices in Bridgewater, Bedford, Truro and Sydney.