She feels the Transportation Department has a responsibility because of the design of the new culvert system installed by her home back in 2019.

The latest audit also found similar problems at the Department of Transportation and the Department of Lands and Forestry, which only recently began evaluations on historic mine sites.

Dexter Nova Alliance was officially awarded the public-private partnership contract for the Highway 104 twinning project.

The provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has ordered the area cleared out.

The province’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure announced Monday that it was determined a short-term fix is the “quickest and safest way to temporarily restore this transportation link.”

The Mounties say Highway 12 between Butler Road and New Ross, N.S., is closed in both directions as they investigate the crash.

Motorists became trapped on the Cobequid Pass highway during the snowfall when trucks spun off the slick road in a hilly portion of the route.

The evictions started Friday morning but were originally delayed, as the province owns part of the land where people were illegally staying at the corner of High and Park streets.

On Wednesday the Department of Municipal Affairs renewed the localized state of emergency for another 14 days.

The provincial government says it is moving the project forward "in the interest of public safety."