Kim Masland said Build Nova Scotia is in conversations about improved cellular service for the 21,000 households and more than 1,000 kilometres of primary roads without coverage
Nova Scotia’s Minister of Public Works says a strategy is coming within the next couple of months to address the province’s cellular dead zones, but she still doesn’t know who will pay for the expansion or how long it could take to fix the longstanding problem.
Nova Scotia’s problem with poor cellular service was thrust into the spotlight this summer after four people, including three youth, died during a disastrous flash flood in West Hants. Officials reported that some people didn’t receive emergency alerts because of poor cellular service in the area – a public-safety issue that has drawn criticism and promises from politicians, including Premier Tim Houston, to fix the problem.
Opposition Liberal Leader Zach Churchill says the Progressive Conservative government abdicated responsibility on fixing cellular dead zones by not committing its own cash to improve cellular infrastructure likeIn March, the B.C. government announced it would spend $75-million to expand cellular along hundreds of kilometres of highway by 2027, an investment supported in part by Rogers.
“This needs to be a priority. We need investment and infrastructure to expand cellular coverage because, as we’ve seen here in Nova Scotia, it can be a life or death issue.”
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