But they do agree on the direction of the route. There have been stranger bed fellows.

"Think of the upfront logistics, Sum. An all season road following existing trails and having First nation support from the start, OR selecting a route of your choice, that bypasses any benefit to those First Nations,and trying to get it throught the environmental process, when you would like to begin construction of your facility in an expedicious manner."

I would agree with you given that they think as you describe and they ultimately might....but in the immediate....which is where we live....they may not fall into place as fast as we'd like. For all we know they may use the route and some funding of it as a concession for hydro considerations. This will be politics played poker style and I'm sure the game is afoot. On the other hand we may get a relatively quick development which I hope for like everyone else. I'm just not convinced that Hollywood will grant us a Disneyesque finish to our NOT/ROF film by the end of October which I know everyone is hoping for. It's just a little too manufactured for my taste....but I'm still quite willing to take the Disney ending if it is handed to us. We wait to see.