Nova Scotia's long-awaited transportation plan for Halifax area 'a study of studies,' opposition say

“Traffic in this city has become almost unbearable by any measure,” said Claudia Chender, leader of the NDP, the official Opposition.

“It’s terrible and it really impacts people’s lives, it impacts being able to get to work on time, it impacts your ability to get to your job and if you need to move around.” 

Chender said the opposition and residents were ready for a report that was going to help deal with the stifling congestion.

“Meanwhile, this government has sat on this report and now that we see it, I have very little faith in any of the short-term identified priorities of this government that they will make a difference.”

Work on the regional transportation plan began in 2023, when the Joint Regional Transportation Agency, now Link Nova Scotia, engaged consulting partner HDR Corporation for a study of transportation in the Halifax area, encompassing 63 per cent of Nova Scotia’s population, 15 municipalities, five First Nations communities and 19 historic African Nova Scotian communities.

Chender said people are not concerned with adaptive traffic light technology.

“People are concerned with the endless tales of congestion getting in and out of this city and we need major investment in bus rapid transit,” Chender said. “We have known this for over a decade. The government’s response reads like a someday wish list of things that we might do that will actually help us move people around.”

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