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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 Canadian Business Journal about the
project.
This transformative road will provide year-round

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

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