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Your commute might actually get better because of Cogswell.

Your week at City Hall: It was all weather and traffic, my son!

Some good morning, buddy — this is Halifax, and we have stories.

Well now, what a week it's been down at City Hall, eh? If you've been tuning in, you know it was a real mixed bag of stories, just like a good bag of groceries from the Superstore — some good, some bad, but all of it important for us here in Halifax.

### The City Hall Rundown

The big yarn this week, my son, was definitely the weather. We started off with some serious warnings from Environment Canada.

* Early in the week, it was all about preparing for a big weather system.

* More warnings kept rolling in, reminding us that the Atlantic can be a fickle beast.

But it wasn't all grey skies, buddy! There was a spot of sunshine on the horizon for those of us who brave the morning commute:

* The talk of the town was the Cogswell Interchange redevelopment, with some good news about the project wrapping up. It sounds like those traffic woes might soon be a thing of the past, at least in that neck of the woods.

So there you have it, a quick look back at what was keeping the folks at City Hall busy. Weather preparedness and getting us all moving a bit smoother — that's the gist of it.

Some good morning, buddy — this is Halifax, and we have stories.

You can always catch more of my yarns over on mornings.live, eh?

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