After 33 years of teaching in the Passage, this year, Mrs. Beverley Gillis is retiring.
There will be an Open House on June 24, from 3-6pm, the cost for adults is $15 and students $10 . You can obtain more info from EPEC’s librarian, Dawn Hobson (dhobson@staff.ednet.ns.ca) or Mrs.Gillis’ partner in crime for quite some time, Mrs. Lynn Sinclair (lsinclai@staff.ednet.ns.ca).
We wish you well, Mrs. Gillis!
…THE DARTMOUTH-COLE HARBOUR WEEKLY NEWS (May 2006)
It has been a few years in the making, but later this year a new overpass will be completed over the Circumferential Highway. The Mount Hope Interchange will have a significant impact on traffic on Portland Street and result in less congestion on one of the busiest roads in HRM.
The Mount Hope Interchange is located approximately one kilometre northeast of the end of Highway #111, where the highway meets Pleasant Street. The interchange has been discussed for a number of years. I recall asking the Minister of Transportation in the Legislature about this interchange in 2000.
The interchange will connect the Woodside Industrial Park to the Circumferential Highway, which will mean quicker access for large vehicles to the park.
But the interchange will also create a new road towards Morris Lake. That road will eventually connect to Caldwell Road between Cole Harbour and Eastern Passage. The road should intersect with Caldwell Road approximately where the current road to MacDonald’s Beach is located. It will eventually stop at the corner of Hines Road and Caldwell Road in Eastern Passage.
This new route will ensure much quicker access to the highway for residents of Cole Harbour, particularly those that live in the southern quarter of Cole Harbour (i.e. – Colby South, Morris Lake Estates, Cole Harbour Reserve, Atholea Drive, Astral Drive, etc.). These residents will be able to avoid the traffic on Portland Street and this, in turn, will mean fewer cars using Portland Street.
The new route will also open up new land for residential, commercial and industrial development.
All these developments from the construction of one interchange. This is a great example of a partnership between the Province of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Regional Municipality. By working together, the construction of the interchange the diversion of traffic from Portland Street and new residential and commercial development can occur.
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