Can anyone explain to me why the 107 between Mineville and Porters Lake is currently being paved? I can’t find any mention of it in the 5-year plan for roadwork http://gov.ns.ca/tran/highways/5yearplan/Plan_2010-11.pdf. I’ve driven that road nearly daily for three years and never once thought to myself that it needed attention. If we’re really out of roads that actually need work in this province, I can certainly think of better ways to spend our money than repaving the ones that don’t. How ’bout putting it towards reducing waits like the year-long one my m-i-l had for knee replacement, or the more than half a year my grandmother is waiting for cataract surgery so she can see again, or maybe the interminable wait for mental health care ? More than paving, I’d like to see a study of how to address the lack of basic communication and holistic care in our hospitals. I know the staff are working their asses off, but that’s not so much comfort when each of Grandpa’s doctors thinks they are working towards a different care plan and no one can remember to give him his meds. —A.B.
This article appears in Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2013.
Because we have an NDP government. Please vote, and to the contrary.
I might be wrong but I’m pretty sure stuff like paving roads falls under the municipality and healthcare is provincial.. am I right?
highways are provincial. last year a perfectly excellent stretch of pave was replaced by chipseal. dex can get fucked.
the road through west dover just got paved, it’s gorgeous, altho somewhat pebbly. is that the new chipseal stuff?. however, there is still no proper cycling lane down that entire road except for the bit around exhibition park. I swear they did that bit just to lure in tourist cyclists. ‘oh sure, look at the lovely cycle lane – goes all the ways to peggys it does’ then they turn the curve and whap! crumbling shoulders and murderous pickup drivers all the way. I saw a driver of a motorhome go completely into the oncoming lane, on a blind curve downhill to pass a cyclist. impatient bugger. he was seconds from a head on with several cars coming from the other way. its a popular drive, lovely scenery but NOT just for cars
It’s called an election.
It’s supposed to be for ‘widening’, although why the fuck anyone thought it needed that, I have no idea. It would’ve been better to go and fix the gaping mess that runs to Guysborough.
Well op think of it this way. At least by keeping the roads safe, they’re preventing even more people from suddenly entering the hospital.
Op everyone else is right. It’s the election. More people will notice a newly paved road than health care reformations. More people use them. It’s pretty much that simple. It’s certainly not right.
All roads that don’t need complete repaving always gets done before an election…time and time again.