AECOM selected to plan Ring of Fire north-south road: Marten Falls picks engineering firm to do access route environmental assessment.

• Date: 01 January 2019

AECOM has been selected by Marten Falls First Nation to conduct the road study and environmental assessment (EA) for a transportation corridor that will eventually lead to the Ring of Fire mineral deposits.

The global engineering giant will work with the remote James Bay region community to complete the provincial EA and do the preliminary design for a proposed permanent access road.

In a Nov. 22 news release from the community, Chief Bruce Achneepineskum and council expressed confidence that teaming up with AECOM "will deliver good outcomes for the community and the region."

Marten Falls is a community with a registered population of 720, located on the Albany River, about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay and about 100 kilometres southeast of the Ring of Fire.

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