Tenders Called for Yarmouth-Digby Paving Project

Drivers who use Trunk 1 between Yarmouth and Digby will be travelling on smoother, stronger pavement after the completion of a road-paving tender announced by the province.

The Department of Transportation and Public Works called for tenders to repave Trunk 1 from the intersection of Darlings Lake Road in Yarmouth County for 12 kilometres east to Salmon River Bridge in Digby County.

"This is a busy stretch of highway for drivers in western Nova Scotia," said Angus MacIsaac, Minister of Transportation and Public Works. "I'm pleased to see the project on this season's construction schedule."

The project is scheduled for completion this summer.

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 district offices in Bridgewater, Bedford, Truro and Sydney.