Timeline: New Brunswick’s Petitcodiac River
MONCTON, N.B. — An announcement Friday begins the final phase of a restoration plan for New Brunswick’s Petitcodiac River. Here’s a timeline of the river’s last 50 years:
1966 — Construction on the Petitcodiac Causeway begins, linking Moncton and Riverview.
1968 — Construction is completed and the causeway is opened to traffic. Within three years, tonnes of silt are deposited downstream from the causeway, restricting fish movements and the tidal bore.
1969-1999 — Various reports are done on the effects of the causeway on the area’s ecosystems, and on issues with the operation of the causeway gates.