company, Rank Inc. as defendants. “After years of unfruitful communi- cations with the Nova Centre stake- holders to make them aware of the negative impact, some frustrated busi- nesses have now decided to take legal action,” says a press release from Wagners. There isn’t a precise compensation amount the group is looking for, says Wagner’s Erin Gillis in an email, “but it’s likely in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars per business.” Halifax Regional Municipality says its legal team had reviewed the docu- mentation it received from Wagners Law Firm, and concluded they “do not believe a claim of injurious affection under the Expropriation Act applies to the municipality in this instance,” spokesperson Tiffany Chase wrote in an email to reporters. The email outlines the legal team’s interpretation of the act, saying injuri- ous affection only applies if “the gov- ernment expropriates the land,” or if “the government is undertaking the construction activity.” “Neither scenario applies in this case, therefore we see no basis for a claim of injurious affection against the municipality,” Chase wrote. However, lawyer Ray Wagner says he believes all three levels of govern- ment are responsible for making sure that the development doesn’t have a negative effect on business in the downtown core because they’re all in- vesting in the project. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND $65 million Cornwall Bypass gets go-ahead Premier Wade MacLauchlan has an- nounced that his government has made a formal application to the fed- eral government’s Build Canada Fund to begin the $65 million Cornwall by- pass project this summer, The Guardian reports. The proposed new highway, com- ing from New Haven, would cut across the Baltic Rd. and Bannockburn Rd. to Clyde River Rd., across Cornwall Rd., rejoining the Trans-Canada Highway through a roundabout at the intersec- tion of Warren Grove Rd. The province says the new highway will be three minutes shorter than the current route through Cornwall. The cost will be shared 50-50 by the P.E.I. and federal governments. The premier said the province’s $32.5 million share will come out of next year’s capital budget. “It would be (spread) over three years and it would come out of our capital budgets,’’ MacLauchlan told The Guardian following the news con- ference. “We’ll be bringing forward a new capital budget in the fall.’’ NUNAVUT $10 million Cape Dorset project wins boost with $4.5 million funding from Canada’s Heritage Department A campaign to build a new $10 mil- lion art centre and print shop in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, has received an ad- ditional $4.5 million funding boost from Canada’s heritage department, CBC has reported. Construction on the proposed Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop is scheduled to begin in the fall. The facility will include permanent and temporary exhibition galleries and space for Cape Dorset print artists. The federal government had previ- ously pledged $2 million in funding from Infrastructure Canada. An addi- tional $3 million is to be privately funded. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Contractor wins $6.9 million St. John’s school construction project after long debate YUKON Magna Contracting and Manage- ment Inc. has been awarded a $6.9 million contract to build a new Virginia Park School in St. John’s. The 40-year-old school in the city’s east end has been the subject of a long debate, as parents in the area have lobbied for years for a replace- ment to the building. The reconstruction faced several delays, including one which may have been caused by the fact that the site was used as a dumping ground by the American military, CBC reported. Construction crews found an old airplane fuselage on the site. The land has been remediated. The school has 2017 move in date. Feds to flow $52.3 million in infrastructure funding The federal government has un- veiled an agreement with the Yukon government that will allow almost $52.3 million in infrastructure money to flow to 22 projects in the Yukon this year and next. The deal will cover $890,000 for transit work in Whitehorse and green infrastructure work on water and wastewater systems, including a $5.25 million water project in the vil- lage of Mayo, Canadian Press reports. Only two of the 22 projects will have shovels in the ground this year, with the remainder beginning in 2017, said Currie Dixon, Yukon’s minister of community services. The territory will spend money this year on engineering and design work, he said. The Canadian Design and Construction Report — July - August 2016 – 23