All weather road connecting 2 Manitoba First Nations to provincial highways done

The flag of the Canadian province of Manitoba, flying in downtown Winnipeg (Photo By Makaristos – Own work, Public Domain)

BERENS RIVER, Man. — An all-weather road linking two Manitoba First Nations and the provincial highway network is now complete.

The 70-kilometre road connects Berens River with the Bloodvein First Nation and includes three bridges.

Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says the permanent road will improve people’s lives.

Schuler, Chief Hartley Everett of the Berens River First Nation, and Mayor Allan Atlookan of the Berens River Northern Affairs Community announced today that the road is open for business.

Schuler says First Nations communities were contracted for clearing land and producing gravel as part of the road’s construction.

Atlookan says the road will open up economic and tourism opportunities for the community.

“The completion of this road is something our community has been eagerly anticipating,” Everett said.

“There are always challenges for winter road travel in the spring and fall, but the completion of this road will provide year-round travel for our community.”