QEII Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project

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Introducing the largest healthcare infrastructure project ever undertaken in Atlantic Canada.

 

The Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project is a QEII Renew partnership between the Government of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Health and Build Nova Scotia. Part of More, Faster: The Action for Health Build, this project will deliver a modern acute care tower with 216 beds, 16 operating rooms, an intensive care unit, and a larger emergency department. QEII Renew will enhance access to care, replace aging infrastructure, and support clinical excellence for future generations of Nova Scotians. 

Completion of the acute care tower will enable services to be relocated from aging facilities like the Victoria General Hospital and Dickson Centre to new, state-of-the-art buildings and renovated program spaces.

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map of QEII Halifax Infirmary parking

Parking & Emergency Department Driveway Entrance Information

Parking at the Halifax Infirmary for patients and visitors is at the Summer Street parkade located at 1797 Summer St.

The vehicle and pedestrian access to the QEII Halifax Infirmary’s Emergency Department (ED) has moved from 1799 Robie Street to 1840 Bell Road. This new location includes a designated patient drop-off area, emergency department parking, and complimentary curbside parking service. The current temporary ED drop-off and parking area on Robie Street will permanently close on the same day. The main entrance to the ED will not change.

You can pay the parking fee at the machines inside the hospital before you leave or within the parkade. The machine accepts cash or a credit card. The following fees apply: 

  • $3 per hour for the first two hours
  • $2.50 for the third hour
  • $2 for each additional hour
  • There is a maximum daily rate for $14.50

There is also a parking lot with meters further south from the entrance on Summer St.
There is bike parking at all entrances.

Public Service Announcement

Temporary Access Changes to QEII Emergency Department

Halifax, NS – Vehicle and pedestrian access to the QEII emergency department (ED) via Bell Road will be temporarily changed to accommodate construction work as part of the Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project.

Key changes for vehicles from Friday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. to Sunday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m.:

  • Bell Road will be reduced to eastbound traffic only, coming east on Quinpool Road, as well as north and southbound on Robie Street.
  • Emergency department access will be limited to eastbound traffic only on Bell Road, via a right turn into to the ED driveway.
  • Vehicles will not have access to Bell Road from the Summer Street and Trollope Street intersection.

Key changes for pedestrians from Sunday, March 30 to Friday, May 2:

  • Sections of the sidewalks on Cogswell Street and Bell Road will be temporarily closed.
  • Pedestrians are encouraged to use a detour route to access the ED on foot.
  • The detour route travels Northeast on the northernmost sidewalk along Cogswell Street, crossing at the pedestrian crosswalk and back towards the Halifax Common Aquatics Facility. Signage will direct pedestrians along the pathway through the aquatics facility to an open stretch of sidewalk on Bell Road. Follow the sidewalk eastbound to the crosswalk to reach the ED entrance sidewalk.

These lane closures are necessary to support infrastructure upgrades that will bring full power to the new QEII acute care tower.

This work is proceeding under an approved traffic safety plan by the Halifax Regional Municipality. Traffic control personnel will be on site, and detour signage will be in place.

Motorists and pedestrians are advised to expect delays and plan their routes accordingly. For complete Halifax Transit detour information, including maps, visit the Halifax Transit website, and refer to Bell Road traffic delay.   

We appreciate your patience as this essential work is completed.

Maps visually showing the changes to access the QEII
photo of emergency department entrance at the QEII Halifax Infirmary

Emergency Department Curbside Parking Service

To help make parking easier and more readily available for patients and visitors of the Halifax Infirmary emergency department (ED), a curbside parking service is available at no cost when the ED surface lot is full. This service is provided in partnership with Indigo and is designed to support patients and visitors who require access to the Halifax Infirmary emergency department.

How It Works:

Hours of Operation
Every day from 7:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
    
Arrival
An Indigo parking attendant will greet you at the ED entrance, provide a claim stub, and park your vehicle at the Summer Street parkade.

Departure

  • Before 11:45 p.m.: Call the number provided on your claim stub, and the valet will return your car to the ED entrance.
  • After 11:45 p.m.: Vehicles will be returned to the ED lot. Keys will be securely stored in a locked safe at the ED entrance. You’ll be contacted with a digital code to access your keys with information on how to access.

For more information, please speak to an Indigo parking attendant on-site located at the blue ‘Valet’ booth in front of the ED entrance doors. This service is free for all ED patients and visitors.

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