Marten Falls First Nation has submitted the environmental assessment for the proposed Marten Falls Community Access Road.
The 184-kilometre all-season road will link Marten Falls with the provincial highway network for the first time, substantially increasing the community’s access to supplies, resources, and services during the many months of the year when there is no car access to the outside world.
But the proposed access road will do more than connect Marten Falls to its surrounding communities: it will also serve as a road network for future industrial projects in the Ring of Fire, enabling the movement of people and goods to and from the region.
The Ontario Government hails the assessment’s submission as another step towards opening up the Ring of Fire.
With the environmental assessment submitted, it says the province remains on track to get shovels in the ground on the access road by August.
