Ottawa to spend $400 million on transportation in Nunavut, NWT, Yukon – NunatsiaqOnline

August 29, 2017

Trade corridor fund spread out over 11 years

Ottawa has $400 million to hand out to transportation projects across Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Yukon, the federal transportation minister Marc Garneau, announced Aug. 28 in Yellowknife.

Speaking at a news conference in the NWT Legislature, Garneau offered up more information about the territories’ share of the $2 billion “national trade corridors program,” first announced in July.

“The Government is aware of the pressing transportation challenges in the Territories, and we are working to address them here in the North, [and that] the most basic transportation infrastructure is still limited,” said Garneau, fresh from Cambridge Bay, where he announced $175-million for marine safety measures.

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