Terrebonne fights legal battle over Hollywood Road construction delays
Kezia Setyawan and Dan Copp
The Courier and Daily Comet
Terrebonne Parish government has filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to obtain testimony from two federal employees in a financial dispute involving the Hollywood Road widening project.
Conti Enterprises Inc., a developer based in New Jersey, filed a lawsuit in 2015 in state District Court in Houma. It seeks millions of dollars in damages associated with road delays from Providence, the parish s engineering firm based in Houma; parish government and the state Transportation Department.
Conti claims it is owed more than $2.3 million for direct costs and over $2.2 million for overhead costs incurred for 324 days of delay on the busy Houma road.
Brandon Sun By: The Canadian Press
HALIFAX - Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
Members of Extinction Rebellion, protesting issues related to climate change, march to the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Three people, including a climate protest organizer arrested for blocking traffic on the MacDonald Bridge in Halifax in October 2019, have each been fined a total of $237. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX - Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
Trio of protesters fined for blocking Halifax bridge over inaction on climate change
They were among a group of 18 people arrested four hours after the protest began at the MacDonald Bridge in October 2019
Feb 16, 2021 12:38 PM By: Canadian Press
HALIFAX Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
The Nova Scotia Crown Prosecution Service confirms the fines for refusing to leave private property when instructed to do so were issued during an appearance in Halifax provincial court on Feb. 9.
Patrick Yancey of Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia was one of those fined and says the trio argued that their actions were justified to avert the emergency posed by the climate crisis.