HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"
NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)
Message: Re: Getting bridges ready but timing bad - UPDATE 2 of those Completed
Two of those bridges completed January 18th and the third one probably done by today. This news clip was from 18th :
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| Bridge work on winter roads nears completion By BRYAN MEADOWS Sunday, January 18, 2009 |
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Construction crews have completed repair and replacement work on two of three winter roads bridges linking remote First Nations communities to Pickle Lake.
Transportation ministry spokesman Brian Snell said Friday that the Mud River Bridge replacement was completed on Wednesday, and work was expected to wrap up Friday afternoon on the Pipestone River Bridge replacement project.
Replacement work on the 125-metre Otoskwin River Bridge continues.
Snell explained that the bridge is much longer than the Mud and Pipestone projects, and therefore requires “a traditional launching of the new structure.”
Despite extremely cold temperatures reaching -40 C and severe working conditions, Snell said they have made “excellent” progress and remain on track to complete the work by Jan. 26.
The bridge replacements, which started Monday, are required before any heavy truck traffic can safely travel to the winter roads systems that connect to the Pickle Lake North Road, he said.
To speed up construction, the ministry had all materials pre-purchased and delivered to the sites; hired two separate contractors to complete the work in the quickest possible time; and is using on-site lighting to extend the length of the work day.
First Nations leaders have criticized the ministry for undertaking the bridge replacements during the short winter roads season – effectively taking the bridges out of commission for two weeks out of the six weeks the winter roads system is open.
The three bridges connect 16 remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) communities through the winter roads network to Pickle Lake.
Earlier this month, NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy called the bridge closure plans “ridiculous.”
“While I agree with the ministry‘s goal of improving the safety and reliability of the bridges, I do not think it should be at the expense of the First Nations who rely so heavily on these winter roads,” Beardy said, noting that almost one-third of NAN‘s communities will lose road-access benefits for about a third of the time the roads are open – and this during a year when the communities are experiencing an “access to fuel crisis.”
The three bridges were among 28 across the Northwest identified in a ministry study last fall as having varying degrees of deficiencies and needs.
The ministry is restricting heavy truck traffic and accelerating repairs on those bridges. The measures follow inspections and detailed strength evaluations on all 39 of the ministry‘s modular bridges in the region. "
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