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Climate mitigation plan for Chignecto Isthmus maritime border needs to be prioritized: mayors

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The mayor of Amherst, N.S., says he hopes work can move ahead as soon as safely possible to address climate threats to the vital land border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Experts have warned of climate threats to the Chignecto Isthmus, which is around the Trans Canada Highway that connects the two provinces. Previous projections suggest the isthmus could be at flood risk by the year 2100.

A study was completed about 10 months ago and highlighted three different options to address the area, including raising existing dikes, building new ones or raising the dikes and installing steel sheet pile walls.

“What’s becoming much more a reality is, if we get a big storm, hurricane, post-tropical storm, during a high tide with a full moon, we’re in for a potential flooding of the isthmus,” Mayor David Kogon said.

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