Page 3 - Tłıcho Highway project

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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