The Halifax Harbour Bridges website was in need of a significant upgrade. The existing design felt outdated and lacked the modern, responsive layout required to effectively serve their users. Organizing and displaying content was another pain point, as the site structure made navigation difficult and unintuitive for visitors. The team also faced challenges with their editing experience, making content updates cumbersome.

A critical requirement for the new site was the ability to display live traffic camera feeds, allowing users to check bridge conditions in real-time. Alongside these improvements, Halifax Harbour Bridges also needed reliable managed hosting and ongoing support to ensure the site would perform consistently.

Solutions

To address these issues, the first step was collaborating with designer Jeremy Cormier to create beautiful, responsive, and user-friendly layouts. His modern design brought a fresh, professional look to the website, greatly improving its visual appeal and usability.

Next, I helped reorganize the site’s content to ensure a logical and intuitive structure, making it easier for visitors to find the information they need. Using a custom WordPress theme, I built a foundation tailored to Halifax Harbour Bridges’ unique needs, ensuring flexibility and scalability for future updates.

screenshot of HHB Crossing page on desktop

Beautiful, clean layouts from Remy Design

screenshot of HHB homepage on mobile
screenshot of HHB Crossing page on mobile

Responsive, custom theme displays beautifully on mobile!

To tackle the editing challenges, I integrated the Gutenberg editor into the site. This transformation empowered the team with a much easier and more efficient way to manage and update content, streamlining their workflows and reducing frustration.

One of the most significant technical challenges was implementing live traffic camera feeds. I collaborated with the IT team to retrieve camera feed images and wrote a custom script to ensure the images refreshed automatically every few seconds. This feature provided users with up-to-date traffic information in real time, enhancing the site’s functionality and value to visitors.

screenshot of HHB Traffic page
HHB Bridge Traffic display

Results

The revamped Halifax Harbour Bridges website is a modern, user-friendly, responsive platform that meets the needs of both the organization and its users. From streamlined content management to real-time traffic updates, the site is now a valuable tool for the community.

With ongoing Managed Hosting and proactive maintenance from Tibbits Consulting, the site is fast, secure, and always ready to handle the needs of users. Halifax Harbour Bridges can rest assured that their website will continue to perform at its best.

Client Testimonial

Heide Pearson, Halifax Harbour Bridges