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.

Geoff MacLellan is its current minister. 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
  • 200 steel truss bridge
• 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

See also

• List of Nova Scotia provincial highways
• Transport Canada

External links

• Home Page
• Management of Road Salt Usage in Nova Scotia