Update, October 12: City spokesperson Tiffany Chase emails to say that the city is not hiring a consultant to figure out how the public art policy applies to the Bridge Terminal, but rather “scoping out the project internally.” After that, an request for proposals will be issued. Original article: In 2008, Halifax council adopted a […]
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A tour of the new Bridge Terminal
I’ve been anticipating the opening of the new Bridge Terminal since the day it was proposed. It’s a great idea, is a wonderful advance for transit and will serve Dartmouth well. So I started pestering city officials for a tour of the new terminal months ago. It’s not unusual for reporters to tour construction sites, […]
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Bridge Terminal delayed
Despite assurances all summer that construction of the new Bridge Terminal was ahead of schedule and would open in time for the new route schedules implemented Monday, city officials abruptly announced last week that the terminal won’t open until September 17. On Wednesday, crews were still laying concrete for sidewalks and curbs linking the construction […]
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Bridge Terminal construction underway
On my way to work this morning I noted a work crew had begun cutting down trees in the Urban Wilderness Park in the Dartmouth Common, behind the Sportsplex parking lot. This is the beginning of construction for the new, expanded Bridge Terminal, which will stretch from Nantucket Avenue to Thistle Street, consuming most of […]
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Bridge Terminal construction finally starting by “end of month”
Work on Dartmouth’s Bridge Terminal should begin by the “end of the month,” city officials say. This is the first public acknowledgement that an important contract has been signed for the much-delayed Metro Transit bus station. Quebec firm Pomerleau was awarded the $12.1 million contract for construction earlier this month, just after the provincial Department […]
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Halifax council OKs Bridge Terminal expansion
Halifax council Tuesday bit the bullet and agreed to spend $12.1 million on an expanded Bridge Terminal in Dartmouth. Previously, council had insisted it would stay within a $9.5 million budget for the project. The expanded terminal is to be placed on Dartmouth Common land designated as park and was situated as to come very […]
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Bridge Terminal may not have pedestrian bridge
Whatever happened to the new Bridge Terminal? Plans for new $9.5 million Bridge Terminal were approved by Halifax council at the end of the summer, with a tender put out in late July, with the expectation that the winning bid would be approved in early September, with construction starting by October 1. But into November, […]
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Breaking news: Bridge Terminal bids nearly $4 million over budgeted amount
The HRM procurement office today opened the bids for the Bridge Terminal project in Dartmouth, a lynch pin in Metro Transit’s expansion plans. But while about a dozen firms expressed interest in the project, only two submitted bids, as follows: Dexter 13,406.700.00 Pomerleau 13,386,650.00 These bids are 40 percent, and nearly $4 million, over the […]
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Responding to Darrell Dexter
[image-1] In this week’s Letters to the Editor section, premier Darrell Dexter says that in my coverage of his intervention on the Bridge Terminal issue I was “factually incorrect” and that I misrepresented his position. He references two blog posts I wrote, here and here. In the first blog post, I reported that in 1995, when he was a Dartmouth city councillor, Dexter voted to move the Bridge Terminal onto its present site next to the Dartmouth Sportsplex, which I claim is on the Dartmouth Common. Dexter disputes this, saying, “the land belonging to the Dartmouth Sportsplex had long been
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Bus hell hits Halifax
Growing pains are hitting Metro Transit hard this week. Thanks to the recent opening of the new Ragged Lake Transit Centre—a bus barn that expands service capabilities beyond the old barn in Burnside—Metro Transit has been able to bring 15 new 60-foot low floor articulated buses on line, while retiring five of the old ones. […]
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Signs for Urban Wilderness Park go down
The signs announcing Dartmouth’s Urban Wilderness Park were taken down Friday, evidently in preparation for its bulldozing, which ought start towards the end of next month. People in the community have varying opinions about the lost of the park. I guess, in the end, I’ve come down in favour of its removal to make room […]
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Dartmouth Bridge Terminal has options to be down-scaled
The tendering process for the expanded Bridge Terminal in Dartmouth continues apace, with about a dozen prospective bidders attending a mandatory job site meeting this morning. The companies range from Dexter Construction, the largest construction firm in the area, to several smaller firms reaching big, and include at least one unnamed company that previously has […]