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Reversing direction from last week, Regional council voted Tuesday to approve the Chebucto Road widening project. Construction crews are expected to start work the week of July 1. The contentious project will consume portions of residents’ front yards in order to widen the road up from the Armdale Roundabout, allowing the installation of a third, […]

The Chebucto Road widening project was unexpectedly sidetracked this week. In past months, regional council had been split on the issue, but at each step of the process the pro-widening side had enough votes to push through approval and funding of the project. All that was left was to give final approval of a $2,080,619 […]

He hates to admit it, but councillor Steve Streatch has never been on a Metro Transit bus. But with gas prices set to skyrocket, he’s one of many car-owning Haligonians looking for a seat on Metro’s already-crowded buses. “We all need to recognize, regardless of what walks of life we come from, this is something […]

Halifax’s celebrated planning initiative,called HRM by Design, will likely be approved by regional council in coming weeks. The plans call for a return to pedestrian-friendly streetscapes with sidewalk cafes and street trees and an emphasis on car-free transportation, including walking, bicycling and transit. But last week, future planning idealism met present-day budget politics and council […]

A $1.1 billion six-lane bridge connecting south end Halifax to Woodside is just one in a series of radical changes to local transportation systems proposed in recent weeks. The proposals—including a fast ferry to Bedford, placing a highway in the south end rail cut and the introduction of rural bus service, among others—raise fundamental questions […]

When city council voted against a pause in progress on the Chebucto Road widening scheme, Steve Bedard was one of the most solemn-faced citizens leaving city hall—and he doesn’t even live on Chebucto Road. The ongoing battle between residents of Chebucto Road and the city sparked Bedard’s interest just a few months ago, eventually leading […]

He had already been concerned, but September 12 was the day when the Chebucto road-widening project literally arrived at Joe MacDonell’s front door. “I don’t have the figures in terms of square footage, but from what we were told, the property line would come right up to our front step,” he says. MacDonell’s property, which […]

The tentative agreement that kept Metro Transit buses rolling and ferries chugging this week has been sent to HRM council and to membership of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 508 for ratification. Details of the five-year contract will not be made public until the agreement is ratified by both sides. During negotiations that ran […]

City council has approved a plan to widen Chebucto Road by adding a third reversing lane. Have an opinion on the plan? We’d like to hear your comments.