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LAWRENCETOWN: <\/strong>A section of Route 207 along Lawrencetown Beach will be rebuilt to protect it from the impacts of storm surge and sea level rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The improvement comes after a combined investment of over $2 million from the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Announced by Parliamentary Secretary Darrell Samson and Minister Kent Smith,<\/em> this project will ensure the road can remain open during storms and also reduce the need for more costly repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This section of Route 207 is adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and has weathered significant damage during storms, at times making it impassable and causing economic harm to nearby communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project includes rebuilding a 500-metre section of the road further away from the coast and naturalizing the existing section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The realignment starts at the top of the hill near Macdonald Tea House and concludes just before the western entrance of Lawrencetown Beach, with a reduction in the slope of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samson, the MP for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, said the improvements to Hwy 207 in Lawrencetown will ensure the road can remain open during frequent storm events caused by climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis rebuilt section of road will also ensure that access to Lawrencetown Beach, a major recreation attraction, will remain accessible for all to enjoy,\u201d said Samson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”25″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smith, the MLA for Eastern Shore and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, said the investment is good news for those in the Eastern Shore communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c<\/em>We know that our storms are stronger, and we need to take action now to protect our communities,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis investment will improve a section of highway that has been breached over the past 15 years by pounding waves and surf so that it can remain open to traffic and minimize any economic impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”105″] [adrotate banner=”126″] LAWRENCETOWN: A section of Route 207 along Lawrencetown Beach will be rebuilt to protect it from the impacts of storm surge and sea level rise. The improvement comes after a combined investment of over $2 million from the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia. Announced by Parliamentary Secretary Darrell Samson and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[93,121,5841,48,5842,5843],"class_list":["post-41238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-darrell-samson","tag-hrm","tag-lawrencetown","tag-n-s","tag-route-207","tag-storm-surge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}