Canada Announces 71.7 million to Nunavut Transportation

Published at: Aug 15 2019 - 12:43 / Updated at: Aug 15 2019 - 12:43

Transport Minister Marc Garneau, along with David Akeeagok, Nunavut’s economic development and transportation minister, has announced that four Nunavut transportation projects, including the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, will receive CAD 71.7 million in total federal funding, according to Nunatsiaq News.

All four projects are funded through Canada’s National Trade Corridors Fund, a federal program that territorial and municipal governments, Indigenous groups, non-profits and more were invited to submit proposals to.

The biggest item, proposed by the Government of Nunavut, is $45.5 million to expand the capacity of the Rankin Inlet airport terminal building to more than four times its current size.