The

Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Transportation is a part of the

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. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

network and the management of the province's automobile fleet. The department was established in 1967 when

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Louis Robichaud Louis Joseph Robichaud (October 21, 1925 – January 6, 2005), popularly known as "Little Louis" or "P'tit-Louis", was the second (but first elected) Acadian premier of New Brunswick, serving from 1960 to 1970. With the Equal Opportunity ...

split the

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. In 2012, it returned to these roots when it was merged with most of the Department of Supply and Services to form a new Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Ministers

* Williams continued with responsibility for this department when it was merged into the new Department of Transportation & Infrastructure.

References

External links

Department of Transportation
{{Canadian Ministries of Transportation

Transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

1967 establishments in New Brunswick Defunct transport organizations based in Canada