{"id":62605,"date":"2026-02-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=62605"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:00:00","slug":"n-s-releases-historic-3-5-billion-capital-plan-for-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=62605","title":{"rendered":"N.S. releases historic $3.5 billion capital plan for 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HALIFAX:<\/strong> Communities across the province will benefit from the historic $3.5-billion Capital Plan 2026-27, which funds important projects such as new and improved hospitals, public housing, schools, highways and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s capital plan is Nova Scotia\u2019s largest ever, investing $1.5 billion in More, Faster: The Action for Health Build plan and almost $900 million in long-term care facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor more than a decade, governments have underspent on things that matter to Nova Scotians, creating major infrastructure gaps we have been working to address,\u201d said Finance and Treasury Board Minister John Lohr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have spent the last several years working hard to address those gaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This year\u2019s capital plan will continue those important projects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Investments in healthcare facilities and equipment include:
– $1.2 billion for the Halifax Infirmary expansion and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Health Care redevelopment project
– $146.9 million for construction and renewal of other hospitals and medical facilities, including in Amherst, Yarmouth, Bridgewater and Halifax
– $67.7 million for One Person One Record, a health records digital transformation project
– $24.7 million to build modular dialysis units
– $21 million for Nova Scotia Health to repair and replace medical facilities
– $16 million to repair and replace medical equipment
– $12.5 million for the Multidisciplinary Oncology Partnership
– $12.2 million for new diagnostic imaging equipment
– $2.3 million for the first Menopause <\/a>Centre of Excellence in the province.

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Capital Plan 2026-27 also includes about $465 million for projects outlined in the Five-Year Highway Improvement Plan released in December, as well as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– $873.8 million to build long-term care facilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– $110.3 million to build and renovate schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– $31.7 million for new public housing units and $10.3 million for public housing maintenance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– $30.8 million to build Nova Scotia Community College student residences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– $10.8 million for modular child-care facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capital Plan 2026-27 is available at: https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/budget\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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