
Phase 2 of Highway 104 project underway in Nova Scotia
By On-Site staff
Construction Financing Infrastructure RoadsA groundbreaking ceremony was recently held for the second phase of the Highway 104 project in Antigonish, N.S.
The second phase of the project will include: the building of eight kilometers of four-lane, divided highway between Beech Hill Road and Taylor Road. This phase of the project is expected to cost approximately $88.4-million and be completed by fall 2015.
The Province of Nova Scotia is contributing $58.4 million of the funding while the federal government is contributing $30 million.
Phase 1 of the four-lane highway project began back in 2009 and is still ongoing. The first phase of the project involves the construction of eight kilometers of four-lane, divided highway that runs from west of Addington Forks Road to east of Beech Hill Road, at a cost of approximately $74.9 million. Phase 1 is expected to open to the public this month.
Source: Transport Canada.