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Aulac toll proposal / New Brunswick border impact

How would the proposed Aulac toll affect you?

New Brunswick plans to toll non-New Brunswick vehicles near Aulac by 2028. If you live in Cumberland County or elsewhere in Nova Scotia and cross the border for work, business, health care, family, shopping, or regular travel, share your experience.

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Announced March 17, 2026
Location Near Aulac
Applies to Non-NB vehicles
Target year 2028

01

Workers and commuters

If a toll would add cost to commuting, shift work, contract work, or seasonal work, share the details.

02

Businesses and self-employed people

If customers, deliveries, job sites, or service calls take you into New Brunswick, show how the added cost would affect your work.

03

Families and regular travellers

This is not just about work. Travel for medical care, family, shopping, education, and caregiving also counts.

Why your response matters

  • It shows how often Cumberland County and other Nova Scotia residents cross into New Brunswick.
  • It shows how much spending from this side of the border could be affected.
  • It lets workers, businesses, and families put their own situation on record.
  • It helps bring local examples and numbers into public discussion and media questions.

Before you submit

  • Only share information you are comfortable submitting through a public web form.
  • Your words are only quoted publicly if you opt in. If you do, your first name and community may be used (for example, “Janet, Amherst”).
  • Responses may be reviewed by Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin and her team to understand the public impact.

Impact form

Share your experience

Complete the form below. Fields marked Optional can be skipped; the other fields help summarize the impact. Most people should be able to finish in two or three minutes.

About you
Your connection to New Brunswick
Why do you usually travel into New Brunswick?
Impact
Would the proposed toll make it harder for you to keep making these trips into New Brunswick?
Do tolls that single out out-of-province drivers — like the Cobequid Pass and this one — make it harder to live and work across the border? Optional
Do you think New Brunswick's toll is a response to Nova Scotia's Cobequid Pass toll on out-of-province drivers? Optional
Stay involved

Your details are only used to understand the impact and, if needed, follow up — never shared or sold.

Questions

What happens next?

Who should fill out this form?

Nova Scotia residents, especially people in Cumberland County, who cross into New Brunswick and would be affected by the proposed toll. It is open to workers, business owners, commuters, patients, caregivers, shoppers, and other regular travellers.

What am I signing up for?

Just sharing your experience, once. Your details go to Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin and her team so they can understand the impact. If you opt in, you might get occasional updates about the issue — that is it.

Will my response be made public?

Responses may be reviewed by Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin and her team. Your contact details are not for public release. Nothing you write is quoted publicly unless you opt in — and if you do, only your first name and community may be used (for example, “Janet, Amherst”).

Why ask about trips and spending?

Those answers help show how often Cumberland County and other Nova Scotia residents cross the border, and how much spending New Brunswick could lose if the toll goes ahead.