The Nova Scotia government announced its five-year highway plan this week. (File photo by Rick Conrad)

Queens County roads are getting some attention in the province’s five-year highway improvement plan, announced this week.

Queens MLA Kim Masland, who is also Nova Scotia’s Emergency Management and Natural Resources minister, said the work locally will help with climate change.

“Our government is committed to climate-resilient infrastructure,” Masland said in a news release. 

“Projects like the shoreline protection on Shore Road are vital to ensuring our roads can withstand future challenges.”

The overall $2.5-billion plan to upgrade highways, roads and bridges across Nova Scotia includes an extra $150 million planned for gravel roads.

New projects added for Queens include:

• Construction of shoreline protection on Shore Road in Western Head
• Paving 2.3 kilometres of the Long Cove Road in Port Medway from the Port Medway Road easterly to the end of the paved section
• Upgrading 2 km of the gravel section of the Long Cove Road
• Work on 0.75 km of the Ramey Road in Buckfield from Route 210 northerly to the end of the sand seal

The provincial plan includes more than 160 highway improvement projects across Nova Scotia in the coming year.

Construction timelines will depend on planning and tendering.

(Photo via RCMP NS Facebook page)

By Rick Conrad

A 66-year-old Chester Grant man is in hospital after his logging truck rolled and hit a power pole in Buckfield, Queens County, on Sunday morning, RCMP said Monday.

Queens District RCMP, firefighters and EHS responded to a single-vehicle crash at 10:52 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 210 and Labelle Road. The tractor trailer was travelling westbound on Highway 210 and suffered extensive damage.

The intersection was closed for several hours and residents were without power as Nova Scotia Power crews replaced the damaged pole. Power has been restored to the area and the road is reopened.

The driver, who was the only person in the truck, had to be extracted from the truck. He was seriously injured and had to be airlifted to hospital. RCMP said in a news release Monday that his injuries are not life-threatening.

Queens District RCMP are still investigating.

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