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Construction begins on 97km year-round road from NWT 3 to Whati

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Kniwt:
The CBC reports:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/tlicho-all-season-road-construction-begins-1.5257674


--- Quote ---The official groundbreaking on the Tlicho all-season road to Whatı̀ will take place on Saturday in the N.W.T. community.

Whatı̀ is about 170 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife, and is a fly-in community for most of the year except when it's accessible by winter road.

The 97-kilometre, two-lane gravel road will connect Highway 3 to the small Tłı̨chǫ community year-round.

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Chris:
$ 411 million over 28 years, that sounds like a PPP contract. I think the maintenance cost over such a long period for such a gravel road is relatively high in relation to the initial construction cost.

Will this road get a route number?

Rothman:
Size of a project does not determine if it is a PPP, but rather the contracting arrangement.

Chris:
I know, that's why I said 28 years. According to the article, the value is $ 411 million over a period of 28 years. That is typically a PPP with a maintenance component, as opposed to a typical design-build contract.

Alps:

--- Quote from: Chris on August 24, 2019, 07:19:46 AM ---I know, that's why I said 28 years. According to the article, the value is $ 411 million over a period of 28 years. That is typically a PPP with a maintenance component, as opposed to a typical design-build contract.

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Don't PPPs usually result in tolled infrastructure? I also don't think it's design-build, as the article only mentions construction. I think what we have here is a construct-and-maintain contract - 3 years to construct, 25 years to maintain. This may be due to permafrost/heaving issues, so that any early unforeseen issues with the road that always arise in this geographic range will be dealt with by the consortium.

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