Page 3 - Tłıcho Highway project
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Grader finishing the roadway surface - Details: 200 mm of gravel is placed and compacted
                                                 for the roadway. The slope is then completed at 3:1 Angle. (Photo Credit – Kiewit)















         Transportation Division, Department of Infrastruc-       IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY

         ture, told Business Elite Canada about the project.

                                                                 This transformative road will provide year-round
         “We expect that the road will bring transportation
                                                                 access to Whatì by replacing the existing winter
         efficiencies, reducing the cost of living for the re-
                                                                 road, which became vulnerable to fluctuating cli-
         gion and improving socio-economic opportunities.
                                                                 mate conditions because much of its alignment was
         All-weather access may attract further interest from
                                                                 constructed on frozen lakes. An all-season road will
         industry in exploration and development of natural
                                                                 ease many of these challenges and will improve the
         resources in the region.”
                                                                 resiliency of the Northwest Territories transportation

                                                                 system to the impacts of climate change.


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