The four-lane Trans-Canada highway in New Brunswick was recently completed with the final 98 km of new highway opened to traffic in October 2008. The New Brunswick Department of Transportation (NBDOT), through the New Brunswick Highway Corporation (NBHC) completed this work using a public-private partnership agreement. The Brun-Way Group was selected to carry out this work. Prior to signing the agreement with Brun-Way, NBDOT initiated all Environmental Approvals required under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and the Provincial Clean Environment Act. It was estimated that approximately 27 970 m2 of fish habitat would be affected. The Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and NBDOT agreed that compensation would be required for Harmful Alteration, Disruption or Destruction (HADD) of fish habitat due to the large area affected. DFO required compensation at a ratio of 3:1 therefore a total of 83 900 m2 of habitat compensation was required as part of the CEEA approval. NBDOT entered in to a memorandum of understanding with DFO to establish a HADD Bank. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E216597.
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