Road to Fort Good Hope

Completion of Project Description Reports (PDR) for the various sections of this road is an essential step in completing the engineering and environmental work required to complete an environmental assessment for this road. Total funding in the amount of $8 million to develop regional PDRs was cost shared 50/50 between the GNWT and the federal Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor).

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is working with Land Claims groups and organizations along the proposed highway alignment on the necessary arrangements to enable PDR work to be undertaken. These arrangements which have a focus on partnerships include the signing of a MOU and Contribution Agreement (CA). The content of the MOU and CA are guided by a general terms of reference provided by DOT and supplemented with Consultation Plans/Use of Traditional Knowledge among other items provided by the Land Claims group and/or other organizations. The current status of PDR work for the various settlement areas/regions the highway will be located within follow:

Inuvialuit Settlement Region

In September 2009, DOT, the Town of Inuvik and the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk signed an MOU to see work on the Project Description Report (PDR) for the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Road completed. Initial funding for this work ($975,000) was provided directly by CanNor.   The PDR for the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk road has been completed and can be found here. Working with the Town of Inuvik and Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, the PDR was filed with the Environmental Impact Screening Committee (EISC) on April 21, 2010. The EISC has referred this project to the Environmental Impact Review Board (EIRB). The EIRB released the final terms of reference for the environmental impact statement (EIS) on November 3, 2010. A draft EIS has been presented to the EIRB and can be found here.

Gwich’in Settlement Area

DOT and the Gwich’in Tribal Council have signed an MOU and related Contribution Agreement ($2.2 million) to see work on a PDR for the MVH within the Gwich’in Settlement Area completed. Work on the PDR was started May 6, 2010. A second round of community consultations was held the week of November 22, 2010. A third round was completed March 14 to March 17, 2011. The completed PDR was presented to DOT June 14, 2011. An Executive Summary of the PDR can be found here, and the full PDR report can be found here.

Kahsho Gotine – Sahtu Settlement Area

DOT has worked with the Kahsho Development Foundation to develop a MOU to see work on the MVH PDR within the Kahsho Gotine District of the Sahtu Settlement Area completed. An MOU and Contribution Agreement ($2.2 million) was signed by the Kahsho Development Foundation and DOT October 22, 2010. The PDR for the Kahsho Gotine was completed and handed over to DOT on March 2, 2012. It can be found here.
 

Tulita District – Sahtu Settlement Area

DOT and 5658 NWT Ltd (Tulita Land Corporation, Norman Wells Land Corporation, Fort Norman Metis Land Corporation and Tulita Dene Band) have signed an MOU and contribution agreement ($1.864 million) to see work on the MVH PDR within the Tulita District of the Sahtu Settlement Area completed. Field work and initial community consultations have been initiated. A second round of consultations was undertaken March 28 and 29, 2011. The PDR was completed in October 2011 and handed over the DOT at a ceremony in Norman Wells on November 30, 2011. It can be found here. An Executive Summary of the PDR is also available, and it can be found here.

Deh Cho Region

DOT provided a presentation on MVH PDR work to Deh Cho First Nations (DFN) on May 12, 2010.  Subsequent to the presentation DFN passed a resolution supporting creation of a Working Group to support PDR work. The Department met with Pehdzeh Ki First Nation (Wrigley) on June 9, 2010 to move this initiative forward. A MOU to see PDR work completed in the Deh Cho region was signed on October 27, 2010. A related contribution agreement in the amount of $400 000 has also been executed between the parties. The final PDR is available here. The Executive Summary of the PDR can be found here.

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