Cheverie Creek is a small tidal river that experienced tidal restriction at its mouth due to the Route 215 causeway. In 2005, the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours, the Ecology Action Centre, and Ducks Unlimited Canada, undertook activities to restore tidal flow and fish passage to Cheverie Creek. The goal of the project was to return the site to a functioning tidal wetland habitat similar to that which existed prior to construction of the causeway by eliminating the tidal restriction caused by the road crossing. This action enhanced water quality and tidal flushing, reestablished fish passage to and within the wetland, and increased the extent, health and diversity of the tidal wetland plant communities that are the base of the food web.

What makes this project remarkable was the community engagement that made this project possible. It was the product of a collaborative effort spanning ten years that included teachers and students at Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School, the Cheverie Crossway Salt Marsh Society (whom developed an interpretative hiking trail and community centre adjacent to the marsh), as well as property owners and community members of Cheverie and the Hants Shore.

Close to 20 years later, this project - which resulted the restoration of 43 ha of healthy tidal wetland habitat - is considered a great success.