Construction on the first phase of the Prohibition Creek Access Road near Norman Wells is complete and ready for public use.
The GNWT says the recently completed section of PCAR is a 6.7 kilometre-long stretch of all-season highway from Canyon Creek to Christina Creek south of Norman Wells. Following the completion of phase one, there is now a total of 20.7 kilometres of the seasonal Mackenzie Valley Winter Road accessible year-round.
GNWT Minister of Infrastructure Caroline Wawzonek says the completion of the first phase marks an important step in opening up transportation options in the north.
“The Prohibition Creek Access Road, like the Canyon Creek All-Season Access Road before it, not only supports the ongoing improvement of the key transportation corridor through the Mackenzie Valley it was is also a capacity-building project to help prepare businesses, workers and residents for greater involvement in future construction of the Mackenzie Valley Highway,” she says.
Phase one construction began in November 2022, and saw more than 70 NWT workers including 61 from the Sahtu region employed during the project.
Officials maintain that the remaining 6.3 kilometres of PCAR will be conducted as part of the future Mackenzie Valley Highway Project.
