nova scotia starts bidding on improvements to four 102 exits
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the province has issued a request for proposals as part of the highway 102 improvement project.
ryan taplin
a request for proposals has been issued by nova scotia as part of the highway 102 improvement project.
the province is looking for a consultant to identify future corridor requirements and produce preliminary design work for the area between exits 0 and 4 in halifax regional municipality.
“this segment of the 102 is used by 60,000 people daily, and it’s an important part of the province’s goods movement network,” said public works minister fred tilley in a news release friday. “the highway 102 improvement project has the potential to be one of the most significant transportation projects in nova scotia’s history and could support economic growth and housing development for the next 20 years.”
the design is to include safety upgrades to the interchanges connecting the 102 with highway 101 (exits 4a and 4b), highway 107 (exit 4c), hammonds plains road (exit 3) and kearney lake road (exit 2) and enhancements for 20 kilometres of the 102 between highway 107 and bayers road (exit 0).
the focus of the design is on safety, capacity to move more people and improved efficiency. this could include modernizing challenging interchanges and establishing high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
the department of public works and link nova scotia initiated early planning activities for the project, including traffic counts and performance data, environmental screening and constraint mapping, archeological investigations and hydrological assessments.
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the province has completed a survey of the corridor with lidar, a remote sensing method that uses pulsed laser light to measure distances and create high-resolution 3d models, to support design and evaluation efforts.
provincially designated special planning areas along the corridor aim to create more than 25,000 additional housing units for as many as 60,000 people over the next 20 to 30 years.
the province said opportunities to provide feedback on the project are planned for 2026.
qualified firms have until nov. 26 to submit proposals for the roadway project.
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