Canada-Yukon Partnership to Expand Infrastructure

The projects included under the $7-million Infrastructure Stimulus Fund investment are:

• Burma Road Reconstruction: $150,000
• Dawson Gold Field Road Upgrades: $100,000
• Freegold Road Upgrades: $200,000
• Gentian Lane Reconstruction: $120,000
• Kusawa Lake Road Reconstruction: $42,000
• South McQuesten Road Upgrades: $100,000
• Nahanni Range Road Upgrades: $100,000
• Top of the World Highway Upgrades: $1,500,000
• Albert Creek Bridge Rehabilitation: $1,200,000
• Deadman Creek Bridge Rehabilitation: $1,200,000
• Nordenskjold Bridge Rehabilitation: $2,300,000

Details of the Nordenskjold Bridge Rehabilitation project:

The project consists of replacing an existing single-lane bailey bridge across the Nordenskjold River on the Freegold Road with a modern two-lane bridge equipped with a sidewalk. The road serves local residents, the general public and the mining industry, as well as other resource activities.

The bridge rehabilitation will help to improve the flow of traffic and will improve safety by separating pedestrians and motor vehicle traffic that currently share a single lane. The new structure will also increase load capacity for the crossing, which currently limits industry. Emissions will also be reduced as opposing traffic will no longer need to wait to cross the bridge.