Long-Awaited Arctic Port and Road Project Restarts With Regulatory Filings

Long-Awaited Arctic Port and Road Project Restarts With Regulatory Filings
A path in the ice is left in the wake of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it traverses the Northwest Passage through the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago on July 22, 2017. The Canadian Press/AP-David Goldman
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A long-awaited project that would see an Arctic deepwater port and road connecting rich mineral resources to international shipping routes as well as offering the Navy another northern beachhead has been revived.

The proposed Grays Bay Port and Road, which has been a northern dream for more than a decade, has refiled an environmental assessment with regulatory authorities in Nunavut, restarting a process that has been stalled for years.