Transportation
East Hants gives you access to key locations by these transportation modes:
Highways
A main artery linking East Hants to other major centers, Highway 102 is a four-lane, limited-access highway. It links Halifax, the South Shore, and the Annapolis Valley with the Trans Canada Highway 104, at Truro.
The four-lane Trans Canada Highway 104 travels 104 kilometers northeast to Amherst, where it links with the New Brunswick highways and, further west, central Canadian and northeastern U.S. Highways.
At Exit 3, Highway 101 provides immediate access to Mount Uniacke and is minutes from the municipal owned Uniacke Business Park. Highway 101 connects Halifax with Yarmouth and the Annapolis Valley region.
Halifax Stanfield International Airport
The Municipality is a 10 minute drive from Atlantic Canada's busiest international airport, bringing you that much closer to global markets. The Halifax Stanfield International Airport is the only airport in Atlantic Canada to offer 24/7 Canada Customs Clearance and U.S. preclearance. It welcomes 3.4 million passengers annually and is an internationallly recognized leader in customer service having received first place awards in the global Airport Service Quality program for the past seven years.
Canadian National (CN) Railway
The railway’s mainline track from Halifax to Vancouver passes through East Hants on the east side of Highway 2, within the community of Elmsdale.
CN is the only railroad which crosses the continent east-west and north-south, serving ports on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts, while linking customers to all three NAFTA nations
(Source: CN Website, Dec 22, 2008)
Port of Halifax
Home to the deepest container berths on the East Coast of North America, the Port of Halifax is a multi-service port with infrastructure to handle the world's largest vessels, and with capacity to triple container volumes. As the closest port to Europe in North America, the Port of Halifax provides instant access to the global markets. The Port is ice-free 12 months of the year with a bare minimum of tides, making it the perfect destination for goods 365 days a year.