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[update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring Weight Restrictions for Queens County have been lifted on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026/11:59pm!

Spring weight restrictions -sometimes called Load Restrictions – came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on midnight 15/16-Mar-2026.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading [update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

[update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring Weight Restrictions for Queens County have been lifted on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025/11:59pm!

Spring weight restrictions – sometimes called Load Restrictions – come into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on midnight Monday, 10-Mar-2025 to Sunday, 27-Apr-2025.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading [update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

[update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring Weight Restrictions for Queens County have been lifted on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024/11:59pm!

Spring weight restrictions -sometimes called Load Restrictions – came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on midnight 3/4-Mar-2024.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading [update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring weight restrictions -sometimes called Load Restrictions – came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on midnight 27/28-Feb-2022.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring weight restrictions -sometimes called Load Restrictions – came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on 1-Mar-2021.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

[update] Spring Weight Restrictions 2020 in Effect

Spring Weight Restrictions for Queens County have been lifted on Sunday, 26-Apr-2020/11:59pm!

Spring (Weight) Restrictions, sometimes called Load Restrictions, are set in effect today, Monday, 2-Mar-2020 to about mid May to prevent road damage from heavy vehicles during spring thaw.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading [update] Spring Weight Restrictions 2020 in Effect

Spring equinox 2019

March equinox – equal day and night, nearly


There are two equinoxes every year – in March and September – when the Sun shines directly on the equator and the length of night and day are nearly equal, but not quite.

March equinox illustration

The Earth during the equinox. (Not to scale)

Spring in the north, fall in the south

Equinoxes and solstices are opposite on either side of the equator, and the March equinox is also known as the “spring (vernal) equinox” in the northern hemisphere and as the “autumnal (fall) equinox” in the southern hemisphere. Continue reading Spring equinox 2019