The mandate of the Department of Transportation, Government of the Northwest Territories is to plan, design, construct or reconstruct, acquire, operate and maintain public transportation infrastructure in the NWT, including community airports, docks and the highway system, and to regulate and license individuals and vehicles operating in the territory.

The Department is responsible for a transportation system that consists of 2,200 kilometres of all-weather highway, 1,450 kilometres of publicly constructed winter roads, five ferry and ice crossings and 27 community airports.

For information about the Department of Transportation's activities in fulfilling its mandate, please read the publication Inside the Hard Drive.