Traffic, Weather & Utility

**** HHB Media Release  Traffic Advisory: MacKay Bridge closed 4am Saturday, August 8 until 10pm Sunday, August 9 . **** TRANSPORTATION Media Release Weekly Traffic Advisories (updated often) ————————————————————— Note:  Each week the local listings are expanded and updated.  During the week new and updated tasks are added.  Every week a new post is started...

**** RCMP Media Release A 19-year-old man from Wolfville has been charged with Stunting after driving 71 km/hr over the speed limit: 171 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone. On August 6 at approximately 1:10 a.m., a member of Halifax District RCMP on Hwy. 102 spotted a car travelling at a high rate of speed...

**** HRM Media Release Kinap Beach reopens for swimming ​The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Kinap Beach in Porters Lake has reopened for swimming. ​ Kinap Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal beaches, as well as one unsupervised beach, during the summer months...

**** HRM Media Release Kearney Lake Beach closure – Utility Work Kearney Lake Road – Utility Work The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Nova Scotia Power will be completing utility work in the area of Kearney Lake between Hamshaw Drive and Larry Uteck Boulevard will continue Wednesday August 12 and Thursday, August 13...

**** HRM Media Release Webber’s Beach reopens for swimming ​The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Webber’s Beach in Lake Charlotte has reopened for swimming. Webber’s Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal beaches, as well as one unsupervised beach, during the summer months. ​...

**** SERVICE NOVA SCOTIA Media Release Driver Licence Renewal Now Available Online —————————————————————– Nova Scotians can now access a new online service to make it easier and faster to renew regular driver, motorcycle and farm tractor licences. Drivers can use the new service if they: — have a licence that expires on or before Dec...

**** HRP Media Release Police charge bus driver in vehicle/pedestrian collision Police have charged a Halifax Transit driver after a vehicle/pedestrian collision that occurred this morning in Halifax. At approximately 10:15 a.m. a Halifax Transit bus traveling eastbound on Joseph Howe Drive struck a pedestrian who was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk at...

**** HRM Media Release Webber’s Beach Closed to Swimming​ The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Webber’s Beach in Lake Charlotte is closed to swimming until further notice due to high bacteria levels in the water. ​ Webber’s Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal...

**** Halifax Water Release Cherry Lane – Wastewater System Maintenance ​ Halifax Water will be undertaking scheduled wastewater system maintenance Monday, August 3, on Cherry Lane in Spryfield. ​ This work will take place near 2 Cherry Lane from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. There will be local traffic only access to Cherry Lane via...

**** HRM Media Release New parking pay station sign installation beginning August 3 On Monday, August 3 municipal staff will begin removing on-street parking meters and replacing them with paid parking signage in Downtown Dartmouth as part of the Parking Technology Solutions Project. ​ This is the first step in the Parking Technology implementation plan...