http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Regional-News/Dryden-and-Kenora/2014/07/Pickle-Lake%E2%80%99s-future-dependent-on-Ring-of-Fire-routing.aspx
The link above is from 2014..pls re-read and in particular the quote below..
"I realize the Ring of Fire has this huge potential compared to our (town’s) economy, but it’s all we’ve got,” said Hoffman “To go strictly north-south, that pulls the rug out from under our community, and we’ll have to declare bankruptcy. We’re barely making ends meet as it is.”
Noront’s road proposal calls for a 231-kilometre long corridor, passing through Pickle Lake, that would connect its Eagle’s Nest nickel deposit to a proposed transload facility at the CN line at Savant Lake.
Hoffman said an east-west road with a high-voltage transmission line is an historic and natural path of least resistance that follows the flow of rivers and lakes."
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So,...if ..if the RING OF FIRE is ALL Pickle Lake has......as per Hoffman's quote in 2014
And .....1.35 BILLION is being spent on phase 1 and 2.......as announced today...
Phase 1 - New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake
- Potential construction start in early 2018
- Potential construction completion in late 2019
- Phase 1 cannot proceed without a plan for Phase 2
Phase 2 - Connection of 16 Remote First Nations communities
- Potential construction start in mid 2019
- Remote community connections could start as early as 2021, with build out through to 2024
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Can we conclude....we have a Noront east -west road comin'..............??
