Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says a new memorandum of understanding between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to coordinate work on the protection of the Chignecto Isthmus is good news. “It shows some type of progress to governments working together,” Mitton told CHMA, “but we still need a third – we need the feds to be at the table and part of an agreement.”
The Chignecto Isthmus connects New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and is a major transportation corridor. It is an area which is vulnerable to flooding, severe storms and sea level rise, especially in this time of climate change.
The new MOU says that the two provinces will take on “pre-construction activities to ensure readiness” of one or a combination of the options outlined in a 2021 engineering study. New Brunswick has allocated $750,000 in this year’s provincial budget to go towards that work. The two provinces have requested $650 million from the federal government to complete the project.
