On today’s show, we talk with Nova Scotia independent MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin about a $2 million project that will see a 500-metre berm constructed behind a dyke in Amherst. Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston says the berm will “provide backup for an aging and eroding dyke and help protect homes, businesses, the Trans-Canada Highway and rail lines.”
Smith-McCrossin says that while she’s happy to see “shovels in the ground” on the Isthmus, she questions that the project work did not go out to public tender, and wonders about the timing of the announcement, as she is expecting the Premier to call an election in the coming weeks.
In briefs: The municipality of Tantramar is hiring a Manager of Active Living and Culture to work under director Matt Pryde, and the town of Amherst has its official election day on Saturday, but residents won’t be lining up at polling stations. Instead, they will vote electronically by phone, computer, or smartphone.
