Fact Sheet - Completing the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick
• The highway project is on schedule. In a 1994 report, Province of New Brunswick National Highway Improvement Plan, the New Brunswick Department of Transportation set out a 15-year priority implementation plan from 1994 to 2008. The Route 2 – Grand Falls to Longs Creek section was primarily scheduled for implementation during the last five years from 2004 to 2008.
• Fatal accidents on high-speed two-lane highways occur three times more often than on four-lane, divided highways.
• To date, 1,137 person-years direct and spin-off employment have been created by completed highway work between Grand Falls and Longs Creek.
• Remaining work to complete the four-lane Trans-Canada Highway will create more than 8,000 person-years of employment.
• The completion of the Trans-Canada Highway will generate a total of $158 million in direct and spin-off wages in the province.
• The Route 2 – Grand Falls to Longs Creek project will reduce fuel consumption by 88.6 million litres over 20 years.
• The Route 2 – Grand Falls to Longs Creek project will reduce carbon monoxide emissions by 214,000 kg over 20 years.
• The completion of the Trans-Canada Highway could generate network productivity benefits to industry in the range of $181.6 million to $908 million over 20 years.
• A four-lane highway between Grand Falls and Longs Creek will save $188 million through accident reductions.
• The completion of the Trans-Canada Highway between Grand Falls and Longs Creek will save $281 million in vehicle operating costs over 20 years.
• The completion of the Trans-Canada Highway between Grand Falls and Longs Creek will save $35 million in travel time over 20 years.
• To complete the Trans-Canada Highway, a total of 3,100 hectares (7,600 acres) of land is needed.