Police are investigating a vehicle/cement truck collision in Halifax
**** HRP Media Release Police are investigating a vehicle/cement truck collision Police are presently investigating a vehicle/cement truck collision on Albert Walker Drive, Halifax. Traffic is being diverted as Albert Walker Drive is closed between St. Margaret’s Bay Road and Dunbrack Street. On June 30th, 2020 at 3:57 p.m. police responded to...
Man arrested following flight from police
**** RCMP Media Release Man arrested following flight from police Halifax District RCMP arrested a 26-year-old man from Middle Sackville, after refusing to stop for police. Just after midnight on June 28, a member of the Halifax District RCMP attempted to pull over a pick-up truck for a burnt out headlight on Beaver Bank...
Two incidents: Police Investigate Impaired Driver and Vehicle Collision / Police investigate two Hit & Run Collisions – Halifax
**** HRP Media Release Police Investigate Impaired Driver and Vehicle Collision At 8:44 p.m., on the 27th of June, Halifax Regional Police received a report of a two vehicle collision in the 160 block of Ketch Harbour Road, Herring Cove. Officers arrested a 26 year old female driver at the scene for impaired driving. No one in either...
Stunting teen driver charged: 62 km/hr over the limit
**** RCMP Media Release Stunting driver charged: 62 km/hr over the limit On June 25 at 9:24 p.m., a member of the RCMP’s Northeast Traffic Services was on patrol on Hwy. 125 between Exits 3 and 4 and spotted a car travelling at a high rate of speed and passing several vehicles in the passing...
The colours of lightning
**** Info via Environment Canada The colours of lightning Have you ever noticed that a lightning’s flash isn’t always a bright white colour? That’s because there are invariably different particles in the air between you and the flash. All lightning starts out as white lightning as it contains the entire spectrum of colour. Haze...
Weekly Traffic Advisories for HRM
TRANSPORTATION/INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL Media Release Weekly Traffic Advisories —————————————————————– NEW WORK HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Route 333 Route 333 (Brookside Road to Terence Road), will be reduced to one lane for paving and road widening on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Once widening is completed, work will continue weekdays...
Larry Uteck Drive – Road Construction / Shore Road Bridge – Pedestrian Access Closed / Glendale Drive – Road Construction
**** HRM Media Release Larry Uteck Drive – Road Construction The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that road construction will take place on Starboard and Nine Mile drives, near the Larry Uteck roundabout on Tuesday, June 23. Crews will be on site from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lane drops will...
Man arrested for flight from police, dangerous driving and impaired driving
**** RCMP Media Release Man arrested for flight from police, dangerous driving and impaired driving Halifax District RCMP arrest a 25-year-old man from Windsor for flight from police, dangerous driving and impaired driving on June 19. At approximately 10:40 p.m., a member of the Halifax District RCMP was monitoring traffic on Hwy. 101 near Mt...
HRM Weekly Traffic Advisories
**** TRANSPORTATION/INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL Media Release HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Bedford Bypass A repaving project has begun on the Bedford bypass westbound lanes, from the exit to Dartmouth Road to the overpass near the intersection of Highway 101. Repairs will also be carried out to the structures over Memory Lane, Rocky Lake Drive and Highway 102. Motorists...
Halifax Mobility Response – Streets and Spaces
**** HRM Media Release Response to COVID-19: Halifax Mobility Response – Streets and Spaces The Halifax Regional Municipality continues to monitor and respond to the rapidly evolving effects of COVID-19. Beginning Friday, June 19, the following streets will be added to the list of ‘slow streets’ as part of phase two of the Halifax Mobility...