Update on Sydney River Bridge - I will have to leave earlier for work for the next couple of years
Published on July 18, 2013
SYDNEY RIVER — Motorists will have to begin making alternate plans July 25 when the Sydney River bridge is scheduled to close.
Last week, the province announced that it had awarded the tender to construct the new Sydney River Bridge to a New Brunswick-based company and has also released details of a shuttle bus that will be in service during construction.
The province awarded a $12,625,080 tender for the construction of the bridge to Caldwell and Ross Ltd.
The entire cost of the demolition of the current bridge and construction of the new bridge is expected to be about $20 million, with the provincial and federal governments sharing the cost.
The new bridge will have two 3.5-metre driving lanes, two 1.5-metre shoulders and a four metre-wide active transportation lane. Construction is expected to take about 18 months.
Access to businesses on Keltic Drive will be maintained throughout the project with a free shuttle service. The province is working with Transit Cape Breton on the shuttle project.
The shuttle will begin operating when the bridge closes. The shuttle bus will run from the Coxheath Arena to Keltic Plaza and will be wheelchair and bicycle accessible. From Monday to Saturday, pickups at the arena will begin at 7:15 a.m. and will continue every 30 minutes until 6:15 p.m. Pickups at Keltic Plaza will begin at 7:30 a.m., with half-hour intervals until 6:30 p.m.
On Sundays, the service will begin from the arena at 10:15 a.m. with half-hour intervals until 5:15 p.m. From Keltic Plaza, it will begin at 10:30 a.m. and run every half-hour until 5:30 p.m.
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) and NSTIR decided to use the money for a roundabout at Grand Lake Road/Hwy 125 intersection, which they weren't sure whether they'd make a single or double-lane roundabout (really? you have to ask that question?). 
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