Truro Daily News July 7, 2001

A sign of the times - Special Report

It's difficult to go anywhere in the region without seeing positive signs of economic development.

Millbrook
PROJECT: Highway 102 Overpass
COMPLETION DATE: July 2001
OPENING DATE: July 2001 (Limited)

A $7.4 million overpass linking both sides of the Millbrook First Nation reserve is expected to be opened in the next couple of weeks. Traffic will be restricted to the eastern side of the reserve until infrastructure projects, at the Truro Power Centre on the west of Highway 102 are complete at the beginning of August.

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PROJECT: Truro Power Centre Development
LOCATION: Millbrook Reserve, along Highway 102
COMPLETION DATE: Ongoing

Contruction continues at the Truro Power Centre as the site is prepared for future retail developments. Six projects are currently being negotiated but none of the participants have yet signed deals. Millbrook officials are withholding details of the developments except to say they include retail, hospitality, office space, distribution services, light industrial uses and tourism. An announcement is expected August 1 when the site is scheduled to be ready for construction.

Construction on the site has resulted in more than $2.5 million in wages paid to 147 full-time employees over the course of the past 3 years. The economic spinoff for the surrounding area and the province is estimated at $4.8 million.

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PROJECT: Millbrook Band Administrative Building
LOCATION: Millbrook Reserve
COMPLETION DATE: Spring 2001

Construction will begin this month on a $2.5 million administration building across from the current Millbrook band office. The 18,000 square-foot building will have an octagonal entry-way and a longer building extending in the behind. The three storey building will be the home of the new council chambers.

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