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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Mayor Court Concerns about MacKay Highway Expansion

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City Hall is growing concerned about an expansion of the MacKay Highway to six lanes. The project is to aleviate traffic congestion during the morning rush and afternoon drive home. Mayor Ivan Court tells CHSJ News, the only thing this project will do is move the bottle-neck from Rothesay to Saint John:

Mayor Court adds if they only convenience of adding the extra lane is to get people in and out of the city faster, then there is no benefit but create more urban spawl.