Mahone Bay's iconic waterfront area is one of several South Shore tourism destinations that will benefit from federal funding announced Wednesday by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. The picturesque seaside town is receiving $248,646 to undertake work on its waterfront and downtown area and make it more wheelchair-accessible. Mayor David Devenne said the modifications will involve upgrades to the town's bandstand, public restrooms and a new path for pedestrians connecting Edgewater Street with Main Street.
"If you have a mobility issue, if you have a language issue, vision issue, those things will be accommodated," Devenne said in an interview. "No one should be left out of the beauty that our town has to offer." Gudie Hutchings, the federal minister of rural economic development and the minister responsible for ACOA, was in Lunenburg, N.
S., on Wednesday to announce investments of nearly $2.2 million on the South Shore.
Three community organizations and a cranberry farm will also receive funding. Devenne said the work in Mahone Bay will also make the waterfront area more resistant to flooding and rising water levels caused by storms. The Lunenburg Opera House was sold to the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society in 2019.
The society will receive $165,735 to complete design and cost assessments to renovate the historic building, making it more accessible. (CBC) Another group that's getting financial support is the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society. It will receive $165,735 to co.