Fundy Trail connections to get $45M upgrade

The New Brunswick and federal governments will spend more than $45 million to improve connections to the Fundy Trail Parkway.

Premier Brian Gallant says the investment will increase the number of tourists who visit the province, and help create jobs.

The Fundy Trail includes a 19-kilometre roadway, a trail system, scenic vistas, beaches and waterfalls overlooking the Bay of Fundy.

"Completing the roads that connect theFundyTrail Parkway through toFundyNational Park is just the beginning of a new era for the tourism industry in southern New Brunswick," FundyRoyal MPAlainaLockhart said in a statement.

Links FundyTrail to Fundy National Park

The project involves some new road construction and upgrades to Little Salmon River Road, Creek Road and the Shepody Road.

The roads will link the eastern end of theFundyTrail Parkway to tourism attractions inthe Alma region including HopewellRocks, Cape EnrageandFundyNational Park. There will also be a connection to the Sussex area.

The provincial share of the project is $32.3 million, with the remaining $13.2 million coming from Ottawa.

The project is expected to be completed in 2021.

The second phase of the Fundy Trail Parkway, a closed-loop road from St. Martins to McCumber Brook kiosk and back to St. Martins, will be opened in mid-2018 as scheduled, the Transportation and Infrastructure Department said.