Motorists along Highway 104 from Aulds Cove to the Antigonish/Pictou County boundary may notice some commercial vehicles hauling some very large loads over the coming weeks.
There are 16 wind turbines being transported to the Weavers Mountain Road area in Pictou County. It is for the Weavers Mountain Wind Project, being developed by the Glooscap First Nation and Halifax-based renewable energy company SWEB Development. The 192 wind turbine components arrived by ship at the Canso Superport in Mulgrave. From there, they will be transported from a laydown area in Aulds Cove along Highway 104, exiting the highway slightly west of the James River ramp on a newly constructed connection route over the next eight weeks. They will be brought to the site via Beaver Mountain Road.
Due to the size of the components, the blades are over 80 metres long, a dedicated exit for the heavy loads was built by Dexter Construction.
Traffic will be stopped and slowed down at times. Motorists are advised to drive with additional caution when encountering these heavy loads.
Once operational by the end of the year, this wind farm will produce clean electricity for up to 33,000 homes in Nova Scotia.
