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The Premier set a target for commencing road work to access the region by 2018 that dovetails with Noront’s planned construction timetable for Eagle’s Nest. In order for the provincial government to meet their timeline for the access road, Noront believes that environmental assessment work must start in early 2017. The company is therefore, urging the government to table a proposal for the shared use access road before the end of this year.