Feds spending $6M on road between Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids
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This article was published 11/02/2015 (3884 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Ottawa will kick in $6 million over two years to build a 24-kilometre road between two northern Manitoba First Nations.
Ottawa’s senior cabinet minister from Manitoba, Shelly Glover made the funding announcement in Winnipeg Wednesday on behalf of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt.
The land link is the first permanent road in the history of the two Ojibway First Nations of Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids, both located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The announcement represents a federal investment into a billion dollar provincial project to link east side communities by road.
In 2012, both levels of government along with Bloodvein First Nation, another First Nation located southeast of Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids, announced construction of an all-weather road to link it to provincial highway 304. It was completed in November 2014, a statement said.
The funding, through the Building Canada Fund, will also link the two communities by road to Bloodvein.
There are approximately 36,000 residents living in over 30 communities on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. Some 96 per cent are First Nation people.
“Our government is pleased to invest in infrastructure for remote and isolated communities. This investment will make it easier for community members to access job sites and training and it will improve economic prospects,” Glover said in the statement. Glover is the Heritage and Official Languages Minister in the Stephen Harper government as well as being the senior government MP in Manitoba.
Little Grand Rapids Chief Martin Owens said in the statement that the first permanent road is a major step for communities that have only been accessible year round by air.
“The access road will provide immeasurable opportunities during preconstruction and construction and after completion, it will enhance the quality of our lives,” the chief said in the statement.
Little Grand Rapids has an on-reserve population of 1,269 and it is located approximately 268 km northeast of Winnipeg.
Pauingassi has an on-reserve population of 584 and is located approximately 280 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
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Updated on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 3:40 PM CST: Adds map, image.