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Chignecto Isthmus report quotes $100s of millions to engineer protection against sea level rise

A map shows the location of the Chignecto Isthmus, land connecting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a red line circling the area, and two towns marked, Sackville NB and Amherst NS.
A map shows the location of the Chignecto Isthmus. Image from a report released by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on March 18.
Erica Butler - CHMA - Sackville • NB | 21-03-2022
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It will cost between $190 and $300 million to protect the Transcanada Highway and CN Rail line between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from sea level rise, according to a government funded study released today.

New Brunswick’s transportation minister Jill Green and her Nova Scotia counterpart Kim Masland presented three options to protect the Chignecto Isthmus trade corridor in a news conference Friday afternoon.

CHMA brings you highlights from the conference and reactions from two Sackville politicians, mayor Shawn Mesheau and MLA Megan Mitton.

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