The provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have just started contingency planning for the possibility of flooding on the Chignecto Isthmus before permanent protections can be constructed.
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Rob Taylor shared the news with Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton at a recent legislative committee hearing in Fredericton.
“It’s a ten year timeframe to turn something around,” Taylor told the committee. “We definitely need a solution in the interim. So I apologize that nothing was done before… but honestly, yes, the past six months, we’ve made a push on it.”
CHMA checked in with Mitton to get her reaction to the news, and updates on her other recent activities. The MLA says the fact that contingency planning had not started sooner, “felt like a punch in the gut.”
