Corridors for Canada III : Corridors for Canada 3 : building for prosperity : a plan for strategic investment in NWT transportation infrastructure

To provide for the safe, secure, accessible and reliable movement of people and goods to serve the social, economic, and political needs and aspirations of the people of the Northwest Territories GOALS The NWT transportation system continues to improve The NWT has an ongoing high level of northern business and employment opportuni- ties in the public and private transportation sectors The NWT has [...] Northern Strategy and the priorities of the 17th Legislative Assembly, and includes the following: An upgraded highway system that provides im- proved safety and more reliability for people and resource development A road down the Mackenzie Valley to provide all- The NWT transportation system received an investment of $204 million over 7 years under the previous. [...] The GNWT is proposing to highway system, complete reconstruc- reconstruct, repair, and upgrade the ex- tion of the highway is required to stabi- isting, aging infrastructure to maintain lize the grade and maintain the surface its operability and reliability. [...] The current Building Canada Plan agreement be- royalty and taxation revenues, and contribute substan- producing efficiencies and cost savings in ongoing high- tween the Government’s of Canada and the Northwest tially to the security and economic well-being of. [...] Replacing the air terminal duce the number of traffic incidents across the highway building will provide for the safe, secure, accessible and BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION system reliable movement of people and goods to serve the so- —$64 M cial, economic and political needs and aspirations of the.