N.S. news: Burnside connector months behind schedule [Video]

Months after it was scheduled to open, the only traffic on the Burnside connecter in Nova Scotia is heavy equipment.

“Obviously there’s frustration. Anytime there’s construction going on and there is a deadline put in front of them and they were expecting a deadline to happen and when it doesn’t happen, it’s frustrating,” says Councillor Tony Mancini.

That deadline was supposed to be fall 2023. Magazine Hill is the main link between Sackville and Dartmouth. The Burnside connecter will be a nine-kilometre long, four-lane freeway that will also provide tractor tract with an alternate route into Burnside.

“It’s the largest industrial park east of Montreal and the efficiency of getting products and machinery and equipment in and out of there is really critical,” Mancini says.

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