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Originally Posted by q12
430 km is the approximate distance from Fredericton to the Shannon Park Stadium @ 110 km/h is 3 hours 54 mins. Most traffic travels closer to 120 km/h which is 3 hours and 35 mins. This route is entirely freeway.
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And, the Maritimes arguably now have the best freeway system in the Dominion
but q12 is being overly optimistic here. Nobody can drive 120 km/hr the entire way from Freddy to Halifax, and you have to add in coffee, rest and pee breaks. Also, with a location at Shannon Park, at least a half hour will have to be added on to the travel time to get there and find your parking spot. A trip from Freddy would be 4 hr 20 minutes
minimum (nearly 9 hours return). An overnight stay would be mandatory. Even the most ardent Freddy football fan would only make the trek once a year.
Hell, I live considerably closer to Halifax in Moncton, and I only ever go down to Halifax 2-3 times per year.
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The only toll that would "inhibit" travel is the Confederation bridge from P.E.I. which is something Islanders have dealt with their entire lives, yet they still drive to Halifax to shop at IKEA on a regular basis.
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The Cobequid Pass toll is more of a nuisance than a deal breaker in terms of driving to Halifax or not
but I can guarantee you that PEIslanders do not shop in Halifax "regularly". Islanders are homebodies (I grew up there). If there is someplace they shop reasonably frequently it's Costco in Moncton (1 hr 45 minutes from Charlottetown).
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Originally Posted by q12
There is one toll from New Brunswick and it is only $2 one-way with a free ez-pass ($4 without). You can bypass the toll on the previous Trans-Canada highway section through Wentworth for free.
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You can bypass the toll booth on the Cobequid Pass, but then you have to drive through the Wentworth Valley instead (~ 40 km at 80 km/hr). Not many people do this.
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As for the Cobequid pass, you will not find a better maintained freeway section in Canada, the pavement is nearly always pristine. You need to take a drive through the U.S. to see how common toll highways are down there. It doesn't stop a resident of Maine from driving to a Patriots game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.
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The Cobequid Pass is very well maintained, no question. As for Mainers visiting Foxboro, perhaps if they live in Kennebunk, York or Ogunquit. They are essentially Boston exurbs in any event. Nobody north of Portland would frequent Foxboro on even a semi routine basis.
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As other forumers have pointed out there is nearly 700,000 people within an hour or so of the Halifax area.
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I think it's more like 600,000, but that's beside the point. The local population in central NS is more than sufficient to support a CFL team. Overall, I imagine they will compromise about 80% of the fans in the stadium seats. The majority of the rest will come from elsewhere on the peninsula, and from southeastern NB.
I'll be there 1-2 times per year.