Coastal village connected with rest of Nass Valley MORE THAN 300 residents of Kincolith at the mouth of the Nass River will be officially connected to the out- side world by road for the first time ever Dec. 7. Transportation. ministry officials are this week driving the 29km route with contractor and project management representatives, checking more thin two years of work apainst contract specifications. Up until now, Kincolith residents have either had to fly oul, take a passenper ferry down the coast to Prince Rupert of use their own boats.” A road connecting Kincolith to the other three Nisga’a villages of the Nass Valley is a longstanding dream of the Nisga’a. The road comes out at Greenville, where it joins the existing Nisga’a Highway system, providing “aCCess south ta Terrace. Its cost, pegged at $33.7 million, is about on budget and is ahead of the contracted finishing-date of the end of the year, says provincial transportation ministry offi- cial Don Ramsay. “It was a challenge,” said Ramsay of the design and construction of the route which follows the Nass River. He and others have described the scenery along the route as spectacular. Portions of the road involved filling in the foreshore of the river and construction of platforms for sedgegrass as part of the environmental mitigation package. A number of bridges were also needed. The project was financed by the federal and provin- cial governments and by contributions-in-kind from the Nisga’a. Ramsay said the ministry will give its final construc- tion approval next spring. “After a winter and a thaw, we'll reexamine it to see how it has stood up,” he said. The road becomes part of the provincial highways sysiem and its upkeep falls under the contract of Necha- ko Northcoast Construction, the local road maintenance company. Nechako Northcoast will have its contract value bumped up in recognition of the additional kilometres. Ramsay said those wishing to drive the road should carry chains and have good winter tires. Nisga’a Lisims Government official Collier Azak, who acted as the go-between between the contractors and the Nisga’a, said the road offers up a wide range of possibilities, Nass residents who worked on the project have deve- loped skills they can now use for other economic deve- Alternative Renovations Need to re-work the fayout of your business space? Planning a renovation? Let Alternative Renovations 4g, help you with your capitat planning so you can = concentrate on number one: your customers. 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(Naxt To SAAN) A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 04, 2002 The $33M road to Kincolith | due to be open this weekend Sar Sip BLASTING THROUGH rock was just one of the challenges workers faced in building a 29km road from Greenville to Kincolith at the mouth of the Nass River. lopment projects. “We stil! have several years of work on the upgrade of the Nisga’a Highway and there will be opportunities there,” said Azak of a seven-year, $40 million project to improve the highway leading into the Nass Valley and in the valley itself. The new road could also spur logging in the area. “It is possible, but we must have a resource inventory done first,” said Azak. The new road has also increased the prospects of tourism development in the Nass Valley. Azak said the road will also make it easier to main- tain the hydro-electric line running to Kincolith. 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