Highway 102 Improvements in Hants County
Road work in Dartmouth is seen in this file photo. About 19 kilometres of the southbound lanes of Highway 102 in Hants County will be repaved this year. (Province of Nova Scotia / File)
Nova Scotians will soon have a better, safer drive along a busy section of Highway 102 in Hants County.
The Province will repave about 19 kilometres over three sections of the southbound lanes heading toward Halifax. This includes 8.7 kilometres from the Shubenacadie Bridge to Exit 9; seven kilometres starting one kilometre north of Exit 8 to Exit 7; and 3.5 kilometres south of Exit 9.
“Highway 102 is one of the busiest highways in our province, and it is critical that we keep it in good shape for the people and businesses that count on it,” said John A. MacDonald, MLA for Hants East, on behalf of Public Works Minister Fred Tilley. “If we are going to make the most of our economic potential, we need to have safe and efficient transportation infrastructure, which this project will deliver.”
A tender has been issued for two of the three projects, and the third project will be tendered in the coming weeks. Work is expected to be complete by late fall.
Quick Facts:
- the government has committed $161 million for asphalt and resurfacing of highways and roads this year in the five-year highway plan
- fixing rutting on Highway 125 in Cape Breton was previously announced as part of 100-series highway improvements
- the road-building industry creates more than 6,000 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs each year in Nova Scotia
Additional Resources:
Five-Year Highway Improvement Plan: https://novascotia.ca/tran/highways/hwyconstruction.asp
News release – Province Removing Ruts on Highway 125 in Cape Breton: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/03/11/province-removing-ruts-highway-125-cape-breton
Department of Public Works on X: https://x.com/NS_PublicWorks