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Damages to safety feature are being fixed at a quicker rate, according to the provincial government.
2025 auditor general report criticized government for failing to repair safety feature in timely manner
Jordan Gill · CBC News
· Posted: May 27, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 26 minutes ago
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A section of wildlife fencing on Route 7, pictured on May 22, that is in need of repair. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
Damage to wildlife fencing is now being fixed within mandated timeframes, the province says, although on one substantial stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway, that’s 45 days.
The New Brunswick government provided an update after Auditor General Paul Martin reported in December that the province is failing to repair damaged fencing in a timely manner.
In his audit, Martin cited 29 instances of the safety feature being damaged on highways maintained by public-private partnerships.
For most highways, repairs must be completed within 20 days, according to partnership contracts, but from April 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2024, none were completed within that timeframe, and only five were completed overall.
Now the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure says repairs are back on track for the highways maintained by partnerships.
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