07 Mar $690 million invested in Hospitals, Schools, and Roads – Capital Plan 2019-2020
We’re investing $691 million in capital projects across the province this year, with more than $219 million dedicated to improving health care facilities across Nova Scotia.
The 2019-20 Capital Plan includes $157 million for the QEII Next Generation and CBRM Health Redevelopment projects – a once in a generation investment to improve our healthcare infrastructure. $304 million will be invested in our highways, roads, and bridges and $63 million will be spend on new and renovated schools.
Here are some of the project on the list this year:
Healthcare
Cape Breton Healthcare Redevelopment
QEII Next Generation Redevelopment
IWK emergency department design
Halifax Infirmary renovations
Dialysis units in Digby, Glace Bay, and Valley Regional Hospitals
Dartmouth General expansion and renovation
Hants Community Hospital renovation
South Shore Hospital Emergency Department and ICU expansion
North Cumberland Health Centre project
IWK MRI replacement
Education
Bedford Ravines P-9
Clare Regional Elementary
Eastern District P-12
Eastern Shore District High
Ecole Halifax Peninsula
Ecole Wedgeport
Glace Bay Elementary
Le Marchant-St. Thomas Elementary
Springhill Elementary
Spryfield High
Yarmouth Elementary
Horton High
Ecole acadienne de Pomquet
Ferrisview Elementary
Frank H. MacDonald Elementary
Major Highways Construction
Highway 101: Digby to Marshalltown
Highway 101: Three Mile Plains to Falmouth Twinning
Highway 102: Aerotech Connector
Highway 102: Lantz Interchange and Connector
Highway 102/103: Interchange Structure Replacement
Highway 103: Upper Tantallon to Ingramport Twinning
Highway 103: Twinning: Ingramport to Hubbards
Highway 104 Twinning: Sutherlands River to Antigonish
Highway 107: Sackville-Bedford-Burnside Connector
For a complete list of local projects, please see the 2019-2020 Capital Plan