Existing and Pending Infrastructure Projects: Potential Compatibility with the Canadian Northern Cor

• Determining the regions, cities and communities to be served by the corridor requires a comprehensive investigation of the existing and pending infrastructure projects serving an area in addition to determining the needs and priorities of the stakeholders and the area’s economic potential. [...] Ideally, determining the precise locations the CNC would serve requires a comprehensive impact assessment of the needs and priorities of the stake- and rights holders, the economic potential of the areas to be served, the potential for expansion, national security, available technologies and environmental considerations. [...] Among the supported projects is the initial phase of the construction of the 227-kilometre Grays Bay Road and Port Project, which will be part of an all-weather road connecting Nunavut to the Northwest Territories and the rest of Canada. [...] 2.2. THE INUVIK–TUKTOYAKTUK HIGHWAY The hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk is in Canada’s western Arctic, off the coast of the Beaufort Sea and near the Mackenzie River Delta; it is one of the six communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories. [...] Besides improving the quality of life in the North, the highway represents the final piece in the territorial highway network that connects Canada’s Arctic coast to the rest of the world through the Dempster, Klondike and Alaska highways.