Weekend closures coming as Halifax Harbour Bridges prepares to remove toll plazas – Halifax [Video]

Halifax drivers can expect some bridge closures coming up this month, as work begins to remove toll plazas on the Macdonald and MacKay spans.

As part of its 2025 budget, Nova Scotia announced it will be eliminating tolls on the two bridges over Halifax Harbour as of April 1.

Tolls on both bridges range from $1 for those with passes to $1.25 for drivers who pay cash at the toll plazas.

Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) plans to begin demolition of the Macdonald Bridge toll plaza on the weekend of March 14. The work would require the bridge to be closed that weekend, and likely the weekend after.

“The reason it’s taking two weekends is one, we have to remove everything above the asphalt,” said Tony Wright, CEO of Halifax Harbour Bridges, on Global News Morning.

“And probably most people don’t know this, but there’s a lot of equipment in the ground and there’s a utilities …