- Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
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The Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is a department of the Government of Nova Scotia, Canada, responsible for overseeing the transportation network, public safety, communications, environmental, construction, property, and accommodation needs of government departments and agencies in the province. Bill Estabrooks is its current minister. With 2,000 employees it is the largest provincial department of Nova Scotia.
Contents
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
- 53 Garages
- 7 ferries
- 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
- Transports Québec
- Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)
- Transport Canada
- British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
- Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)
- Ministère des Transports du Quebec (MTQ)
- Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation
- Ministry of Transportation (Ontario) (MTO)
External links
Provincial and Territorial ministries of transport in Canada Alberta · British Columbia · Manitoba · New Brunswick · Newfoundland and Labrador · Nova Scotia · Ontario · Prince Edward Island · Québec · SaskatchewanNorthwest Territories · Nunavut · YukonCategories:- Nova Scotia government departments and agencies
- Nova Scotia stubs
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