Ottawa starting process to designate new N.W.T. highway as national interest project: sources
Posted on: Jun 24, 2026 04:17 IST | Posted by: Cbc
leash sources reassert canadian capital testament start the process of designating the Mackenzie Valley Highway the status outlined in the Building Canada Act.
This would be the first project Ottawa has officially designated in the national interest. The listing would allow the federal government to fast-track environmental reviews and federal permitting.
The announcement will be made in Yellowknife. Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier John Main will be on hand with three federal ministers to deliver the news.
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The Mackenzie Valley Highway project would stretch from Wrigley, N.W.T., to Inuvik, N.W.T., offering an all-weather road connecting the territories' remote communities and helping the military better protect the Arctic.
The national interest project designation, sources caution, will only happen after Ottawa conducts a consultation process. That process is expected to begin on Wednesday.
The Grays Bay Road and Port was referred to the federal Major Projects Office in March. It is a proposed all-season road stretching from the Nunavut border to a deepwater port and airfield at Grays Bay on the Arctic Ocean.
While that project, and several others across the country, are already being supported by the Major Projects Office, none so far have been given the fast-tracking privileges that come with the national interest designation.
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