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The 30-year-contract to build and maintain the Trans-Canada Highway between Fredericton and Moncton is about to expire, and it’s causing a roadwork blitz.
Contract that financed Moncton-to-Fredercton section of Trans-Canada Highway expires in 2028
Silas Brown · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 25, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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MRDC, the current operator of the divided highway between Fredericton and Moncton, is busy fixing up the roadway before handing responsibility for it back to the province. (Aniekan Etuhube/CBC)
Outside Oromocto, cars and trucks on the Trans-Canada Highway slow down, merge into a single lane and make their way through a canyon of orange traffic cones separating traffic from the machines laying new asphalt.
Driving among pylons has been a common experience for several years on Highway 2 between Fredericton and Moncton.
Nearly 195 kilometres of asphalt is being resurfaced as the contract with the private company that maintains the highway nears its end.
This has spurred a roadwork blitz as the Maritime Road Development Corp., known as MRDC, prepares to hand responsibility for the highway back to the province.
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