Environmental assessment starts on Ring of Fire supply road: Webequie, SNC-Lavalin prepare study outline for airport-to-exploration camp route.

Date01 April 2019

The first step in a provincial environmental assessment (EA) of a supply road to the Ring of Fire is underway.

Webequie First Nation, the community closest to the Far North mineral deposits, has initiated the EA study of a permanent road running from Webequie's airport to the fly-in exploration camps near McFaulds Lake in the James Bay lowlands.

The length of the proposed road is 107 kilometres. According to a document posted Jan. 25 on a community road project web page, the EA's terms of reference (ToR) are being prepared, which basically outlines the framework and the work plan...

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