Reports
A new report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia office on June 4, 2019, examines the Highway 104 Western Alignment highway, known as the Cobequid Pass Toll Highway.
The report reveals that it cost $232 million more to build, finance, operate and maintain as a public-private partnership (P3) project than it would have as a government-financed, delivered, and maintained project.
View the full report on the CCPA-NS website at policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/highway-robbery.
FOIPOP Requests
The following Freedom of Information requests were made by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
| Date Received | Subject |
| May 16, 2019 | Highway 104 Twinning Project – Value for Money Analysis by Ernst and Young |
Related Information
Auditor general finds government decisions had excessive risk with no clear benefit to taxpayers
Auditor General of New Brunswick, June 2019
https://www.agnb-vgnb.ca/content/agnb-vgnb/en/media/releases/renderer.2019.06.0375.html
Special Report, Ontario Auditor General, April 2015: Winter Highway Maintenance
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialreports/winterhighway_en.pdf
Follow-up on Special Report, Winter Highway Maintenance, Ontario Auditor General, 2016
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/annualreports/arreports/en16/v2_203en16.pdf
Sea-to-Sky highway price tag $220 million higher as a P3, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2006
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/news-releases/sea-sky-highway-price-tag-220-million-higher-p3