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Trans Canada Highway — The upgrading of the Trans Canada Highway to all-weather standards continued this year. At the end of the season there remained approximately ten miles to be sealed during the coming summer. The total tons of asphalt laid during the season was 95,200 tons.

ADB Projects on All-Weather Roads — The Albany — Miscouche section was completed this season with the construction and lighting at Read’s Corner, and I understand from reports now that they areable to negotiate and get through Read’s Corner without too much difficulty. Cherry Valley to Poole‘s Corner, a distance of 13.8 miles, is 75% complete, and is to be completed during the coming season. Travellers Rest to Kensington, started late in the season, is 10% complete, the balance is to be finished during the coming year, or coming summer. Miscouche to Day’s Morner, a distance of five miles which started during the season, is 90% complete, to be finished this season. West Devon to Bloomfield, a distance of 7.2 miles, which started in 1966, was continued this season and at the close of the year was 90% complete, and to be finished during the coming summer. The tonage of asphalt laid on these projects was 86,336 tons.

Other ADB Projects completed during the season was the road from Poole’s Corner to Seven Mile Road, 2.9 miles. Bedeque Road, a distance of five miles, started in 1965 was completed this year.

Roads to fishing villages completed this season were Launching Harbour, 1 mile; Brae Harbour, 1.6 miles, Grand Tracadie, sealing of 1.5 miles; Panmure 18- land, a distance of 1.3 miles was graded, stabilized and paved with base, which will be sealed this coming season. Total new pavement on these projects is 8.8 miles.

M. Alban Farmer: Mr. Speaker, I just want to get that clarified on the ADB arrangement. The former arrangement was that Albany Corner to Miscouche was a 75/25; originally it was, wasn’t it?

Hon. George J. Ferguson: No, 50/50.

M. Alban Farmer: That was only 50/50, then; on the other trunk road from Tignish to Souris was 75/25?

Honourable George J. Ferguson: No 50/50.

M. Alban Farmer: Fifty-fifty also. Those were all 50/50? You got that all up to seventy-five?

Hon. George J. Ferguson: This was renegotiated.

M. Alban Farmer: You [got it all up to seventy-five, and did you get bridges outside of that road too?

Hon. George J. Ferguson: Yes.

M. Alban Farmer: All the bridges that might be on a road not connected, is that seventy—five now?

Hon. George J. Ferguson: They are specific bridges which we have . . . . M. Alban Farmer: Oh yes, I realize that they are not . . . .

Hon. George J. Ferguson: Provincial Paving — Mr. Speaker, a total of 49.85 miles of new paving was laid throughout the province, plus 8.8 miles of ADB roads which the standard is equal to the provincial paving. (Applause)

The following is a tabulation per county. Kings County, 15.65 miles; Queens County, 16.9 miles; Prince County 17.3 miles.

The maintenance of clay and gravel roads is increasing each year due to the increase in the number and the heavier loading of motor vehicles. More and more motor grader hours are required to keep roads smooth for travel, resulting in less hours being allocated for construction of highways by department owned machines.

The total new roads paved in the Province was 587 miles and all-weather

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