Plans Unveiled To Pave Mistawasis Access Road
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 at 14:28
Motorists travelling to the Mistawasis reserve will soon be able to travel on pavement.
The provincial government has announced it is spending $3.6 million to pave a section of the community’s access road.
The province will pave 12.3 km of the gravel road from the junction of Highway 3 to 800 metres south of the band office and school.
Mistawasis Chief Daryl Watson says his band first began lobbying the government to pave the road in 1999.
He says he’s happy to see those efforts finally rewarded.
Watson adds a large portion of his band’s youth are educated in the trades.
He is hopeful improvements like this will help spur enough economic development to bring some of them home.
Highways Minister Buckley Belanger says the move is being done in partnership with the First Nation and the nearby Rural Municipality of Canwood.
Belanger says his department will begin drafting plans this year.
The upgrade is scheduled to be completed next year.