Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Finalize $650M Chignecto Isthmus Climate Resilience Project
The decade-long initiative will protect a vital trade and transportation corridor from rising sea levels and storm surges, with $325M in federal funding contingent on Indigenous consultation and environmental reviews.
- The Chignecto Isthmus project will safeguard a critical economic corridor linking New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where $100 million in goods crosses daily.
- The $650 million project is funded equally by the federal government and the two provinces, with $325 million from Ottawa through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund.
- Plans include raising 13 kilometers of dykes and constructing new aboiteaux to mitigate flooding risks from climate change-induced sea level rise and storm surges.
- The initiative will protect key infrastructure, agricultural lands, and communities, including Sackville, New Brunswick, and Amherst, Nova Scotia.
- Preliminary engineering studies, design, and land acquisition will begin immediately, with construction slated for the latter half of the 10-year timeline.
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