New Queens County roadwork part of Nova Scotia’s $2.5-billion highway plan

 Date: Dec. 18th, 2025 - 2:39 PM

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.

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