Corridor preservation strategy
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About the Project
As a growing province, it is important to be strategic about land purchases. Planning ahead for corridor acquisition and preservation allows Link Nova Scotia to take a longer-term view, yielding better value for Nova Scotians. Land acquisition is an investment that can be used for other provincial needs, like schools, housing, healthcare.
FROM THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Action 4.2.1: Develop a corridor preservation strategy and acquire lands needed to preserve future transportation corridors and other strategic infrastructure investments.
Strategic corridor planning and land acquisition is vital to ensuring the region can continue to accommodate growth and development. While the province has carried out corridor planning for much of the 100-series highway system, growth pressure and increased density of people and jobs within the region require the extension and coordination of corridor planning efforts to include higher-order transit (BRT and LRT) and road rights of way that integrate with major housing development areas.