Dikes to Protect NS-NB Link From Flooding Expected to Cost Hundreds of Millions

John Atkinson, an area farmer and land owner, stands on a dike along the LaPlanche River near Amherst, N.S. on March 20, 2019.The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

An engineering study looking at three options to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding is pegging costs at between $189 million and just over $300 million.

The study released today suggests either raising the height of the existing 35 kilometres of dikes for an estimated $200 million, building a new dike at a cost of $189 million, or raising the existing dikes and installing steel sheet pile walls in select locations for about $301 million.