• $463M Port of Saint John project aims to boost New Brunswick exports

  Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-21 21:29:02.0
  Tags: [National, New Brunswick, Infrastructure, Transportation, Trade, Economy]

  Federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt announced a $463 million infrastructure initiative called the Saint John Trade Corridor, marking the first project funded through the federal Trade Diversification Corridors Fund. The federal government is contributing $254 million, the Government of New Brunswick is providing $116.5 million, and project delivery partners are supplying the remaining $92.5 million. Key components of the project include dredging the main channel at Port Saint John to allow two-way traffic at high tide, constructing a new 2,787-square-metre Canada Border Services Agency container examination facility, stabilizing shorelines to protect rail capacity at the NBSR Bayshore Rail Terminal, replacing over 100 kilometres of existing rail, and reconstructing the Simms Corner intersection to alleviate congestion and improve safety.

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• U.S. officials allow liquor deliveries to resume to isolated New Brunswick island

  Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-05 20:37:18.0
  Tags: [New Brunswick, Trade, Transportation]

  U.S. customs and border officials permitted liquor deliveries to resume to Campobello Island, New Brunswick, after a brief ban caused by U.S. border restrictions impacting shipments traveling through Maine. The restriction had previously stopped a delivery truck carrying mail, milk, and approximately 1,000 bottles of alcohol managed by NB Liquor. Campobello Island relies on an 80-kilometre land route through Maine and the St. Stephen, N.B., border crossing as its sole year-round land connection to Canada.

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