Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Encyclopedia
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is a department within the Government of Nova Scotia
and has responsibility for overseeing transportation, communications, construction, property, and accommodation needs of government departments and agencies in the province.
Bill Estabrooks
is its current minister. The department has over 2,000 employees responsible for implementing its mandate.
Government of Nova Scotia
The Government of Nova Scotia refers to the provincial government of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867....
and has responsibility for overseeing transportation, communications, construction, property, and accommodation needs of government departments and agencies in the province.
Bill Estabrooks
Bill Estabrooks
Bill Estabrooks is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia and currently Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. He represents the riding of Timberlea-Prospect for the NDP....
is its current minister. The department has over 2,000 employees responsible for implementing its mandate.
Operational Units
- HighwayHighwayA highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
operations - Public WorksPublic worksPublic works are a broad category of projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community...
division - Real propertyReal propertyIn English Common Law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is any subset of land that has been legally defined and the improvements to it made by human efforts: any buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, roads, various property rights, and so forth...
services - Government Services division
- Government service's corporate ITInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
operations - Corporate Policy branch
- Corporate Services branch
- Public SafetyPublic SafetyPublic safety involves the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety of the general public from significant danger, injury/harm, or damage, such as crimes or disasters .-See also:* By nation...
CommunicationsTelecommunicationTelecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
Services Program Office - EnvironmentalNatural environmentThe natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
services - TruckingTruck driverA truck driver , is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck.Truck drivers provide an essential service to...
- Truck regulatory review
- Vehicle compliance
- B-TrainB-TrainIn the simplest terms a B-Train consists of two trailers linked together by a fifth wheel, and are up to 26 m long. The fifth wheel coupling is located at the rear of the lead, or first trailer and is mounted on a "tail" section commonly located immediately above the lead trailer axles...
routes
Responsibilities
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is responsible for:- 23,000 kilometres of roadRoadA road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
including the Cobequid PassCobequid PassCobequid Pass is the name given to a 45 kilometre toll section of Nova Scotia Highway 104 in Colchester County and Cumberland County between Masstown and Thompson Station with a toll station near Great Village... - 4,100 bridgeBridgeA bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
s except those under the Halifax Dartmouth Bridge Commission- 200 steel truss bridge
- 800 pieces of equipment
- 53 Garages
- 7 ferries
- 5 scaleWeigh stationA weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights. Usually, trucks and commercial vehicles are subject to the inspection....
houses - 44 Road Weather Information Systems and highway cameras
- Manages the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act, which regulates the transportation of dangerous goods such as chemicals, hazardous wasteHazardous wasteA hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. According to the U.S. environmental laws hazardous wastes fall into two major categories: characteristic wastes and listed wastes.Characteristic hazardous wastes are materials that are known...
and explosives - Public safetyPublic SafetyPublic safety involves the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety of the general public from significant danger, injury/harm, or damage, such as crimes or disasters .-See also:* By nation...
radioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
services- Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System (NSIMRS)
- Trunked Mobile RadioTrunked radio systemA trunked radio system is a complex type of computer-controlled radio system. Trunked systems use a few channels , and can have virtually unlimited talkgroups. The control channel computer sends packets of data to enable one talkgroup to talk together, regardless of frequency...
System (TMRS)
Former Departments
- Transportation and Public Works to October 23, 2007
- Transportation and Communications
- Department of Highways
- Department of Public WorksPublic worksPublic works are a broad category of projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community...
- Department of Communications
See also
- List of Nova Scotia provincial highways
- Transports QuébecTransports QuébecLe ministère des Transports du Québec , known by its short form name Transports Québec, is a Quebec government ministry responsible for transport infrastructure and law in Quebec, Canada....
- Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)The Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet....
- Transport CanadaTransport CanadaTransport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio...
- British Columbia Ministry of TransportationBritish Columbia Ministry of TransportationThe British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is the British Columbia government ministry responsible for transport infrastructure and law in the Canadian province of British Columbia...
- Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)The Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet....
- Ministère des Transports du QuebecTransports QuébecLe ministère des Transports du Québec , known by its short form name Transports Québec, is a Quebec government ministry responsible for transport infrastructure and law in Quebec, Canada....
(MTQ) - Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation
- Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario is the provincial ministry of the government of Ontario which is responsible for transport infrastructure and related law in Ontario. The ministry traces its roots back over a century to the 1890s, when the province began training Provincial Road Building...
(MTO)