JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 00:48 on 01 Apr 2006:

 JW> We won't see that in our lifetime. We've been waiting for the road
 JW> from Alberta to be paved since 1967. There are still 40 miles
 JW> unfinished. And we have been waiting for a road around the east
 JW> side of Great Slave lake to Fort McMurray since Diefenbacker was
 JW> Prime Minister!

I would agree with you that the Bathurst Inlet road may be a bit of a pipe
dream although one might think that increased mining activity might have an
impact on that.  As for paving the road from High Level, I note that it was
still unpaved in 1988 and is now down to the 40 miles just west of
Yellowknife and I thought that this stretch was to be dealt with this year.

I don't think I'd ever heard of the road to Fort McMurray but could that be
tied into the gas pipeline?

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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