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Road Name Reconciliation Project A project to ensure the accuracy of road-name information on provincially owned roads in Nova Scotia.
Benefits
Background For the last several years Transportation and Public Works has been working hard to develop a more reliable list of road names that eliminates confusion about what is where. By various methods our list has been rounded into shape. We’ve checked old maps, and compared road lists back to the 1920s. We’ve examined obsolete road and natural resources maps, checked acquisition and disposal records, and reviewed property deeds. We now have a list of 8,596 roads we can work with and it’s our intention to do just that. The catch is we’re not the only government department that uses such a list. Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations in its everyday business with municipalities all over Nova Scotia also needs an accurate list and one that meshes seamlessly with lists kept by municipalities and the signs people actually see posted on the province’s roads. This is not merely a book keeping exercise. Eliminating confusion about road names will also benefit emergency response agencies as accurate addresses could shave seconds or even minutes off of response times. For that reason the province’s Emergency Management Office is another enthusiastic participant in this effort.
A Project is Born A contractor (ALT Mapping of Amherst) has been hired to electronically compare road names from Transportation and Public Works road listing database and the civic address file of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. These names are also being compared to the road signs actually in service in the field. A note will be made wherever the lists or the signs disagree and steps will be taken to make everything match.
What’s Happening Now?
What Will Happen Later?
If a conflict can’t be easily solved the project team will gather input from all involved parties and also study the history of the name in question. Once agreement is reached steps will be taken to officially make the necessary changes and post the correct sign.
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