WINTER ROAD UPDATE:

There is a significant amount of very hard icy snow in Sections One, Two and Three so all of the contractors are having challenges moving the hard and heavy snow from the road to allow the muskeg to freeze. 

In Section One the contractor has reached around 32 km - so about 44 kms to go to Halfway.  

Fort Albany Section (two) has been working very hard at the fingers, also known as the long stretch for several days - they are being challenged to remove the snow as the equipment keeps breaking through on the road surface and the hardness of the snow is affecting the heavy equipment.  

One of the contractors from Attawapiskat is going to the Kashechewan section (three) to assist them in their road construction.  At this time, we are not sure how many of the workers from Kash are still in the community due to the evacuation. 

The Attawapiskat section (4) has less snow, and has completed light compaction and likely will complete heavy compaction by the end of the week.  The lack of snow means that they are having to haul snow to build the creek crossings and ramps for the major rivers.

At this point we are forecasting that the road MIGHT be open to light pickup traffic the week of January 26th.   With the very challenging conditions it is not possible to forecast when the road will be open to heavy traffic.