Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (Nova Scotia)
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.
Lloyd Hines is its current minister.[1] The department has over 2,000 employees responsible for implementing its mandate.
Operational Units
- Highway operations
- Public Works division
- Real property services
- Government Services division
- Government service's corporate IT operations
- Corporate Policy branch
- Corporate Services branch
- Public Safety Communications Services Program Office
- Environmental services
- Trucking
- Truck regulatory review
- Vehicle compliance
- B-Train routes
Responsibilities
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is responsible for:
- 23,000 kilometres of road including the Cobequid Pass
- 4,100 bridges except those under the Halifax Dartmouth Bridge Commission
- 800 pieces of equipment
- 7 ferries
- 53 Garages
- 5 scale 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 waste and explosives
- Public safety radio services
- Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System (NSIMRS)
- Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)
Former Departments
- Transportation and Public Works to October 23, 2007
- Transportation and Communications
- Department of Highways
- Department of Public Works
- Department of Communications
References
- "Premier Stephen McNeil welcomes 16-member cabinet". CBC. October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
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