Northern First Nations Leadership clarify involvement in Infrastructure Development – Wawatay News
Leaders from Webequie and Nibinamik First Nations are clarifying their position for community members and neighbouring communities today following the recent announcement by the Province of Ontario with Premier Kathleen Wynn.
The two participating First Nations have signed a Joint Community Access Infrastructure Planning Agreement to collaborate on a specific study that could potentially bring a multi-purpose corridor to its communities and the Northern
Ontario region. A multi-purpose corridor could connect the two communities to existing regional infrastructure and potential future developments.
The feasibility study of a multi-purpose corridor by the two First Nations will narrow the proposed ten-kilometer wide conceptual routes to a two-kilometer wide route and will determine any environmental constraints and future environmental considerations. The proposed multi-purpose corridor will be routed from the provincial highway to the two First Nations and could accommodate infrastructure such as roads, transmission lines, and broadband cable.
This new information will support the development of a project description early in the new year that will inform the approach to an environmental assessment.
