Ai2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Major work needed before road begins A PROPOSED road linking the Nass Valley village of Kincolith to the outside world is going to require extensive engineering and environmental work, say those who'll be responsible. Officials of the provincial high- ways ministry say the only feasi- ble route is along the foreshore of the Nass River from Greenville to Kincolith, Access to the village is now by boat or by air and a road connec- tion to Greenville and the road network of the Nass Valley is a longstanding desixe of Kincolith residents. A distance of 30km, the con- nection will require construction beside delicate fish habitat and a bridge crossing the estuary of a river that flows into the Nass. All that makes cost estimates impossible to determine until studies are done, says acting regional highways director Dirk Nyland. “Staying low along the foreshore may be the only feasi- ble route but it has the potential for horrendous environmentaj im- pacts,’” he said, Just as important as that work is having the federal and provincial governments and the Nisga’a Tribal Council working out the financing details of the long- promised road. Talk of-a road connection to the tiny village of Kincolith on the mouth of the Nass River dates . back years. It took solid form ia 1984 when Alex Fraser, then the highways minister of the Social Credit government, officially opened a bridge to Greenville, another Nass Valley community. Up until then, access to Green- ville, on the north side of the Nass, was by ferry. The bridge opened the way by road to Greenville and, by exten- sion, gave way to the possibility of a road to Kincolith. At the bridge opening, Fraser promised to pay for half of the toad if the federal government came up with the other half. That promise has been used by the Nisga’a since then to lobby the federal government for money. On April 28, federal Indian Af- fairs minister Ron Irwin announc- ed the federal government will put up one-third of the cost to a maximum of $15 million. The fast rough cost estimates for the road were done by the highways ministry in 1992 and put a price tag of $30 million for a two-lane gravel route for speeds of up to 80km an hour. In his announcement, Irwin said he welcomed the provincial government commitment and looked forward to a Nisga’a financial contribution. That latter is being investigated with a view to economic develop- ment, says Matt Moore, general manager of Nisga’a Economic Enterprises, a Nisga’a-owned cor poration. This road will benefit not only Nisga’a people but all of the northwest for future business ap- Surprise A FEDERAL commitment to help pay for a road to Kincolith at the mouth of the Nass River came as a surprise to the provincial government. The announcement was made by federal Indian affairs minister Ron Irwin at the Nisga’a Tribal Council convention in Kincolith April 28. “T learned about it on the trip up,” said provincial labour min- ister and Northcoast MLA Dan Miller who went to the conven- tion. Miller said federal Indian af- fairs minister Ron Irwin told him on that trip he would be making the announcement. “] said to Irwin, you should really have let us known. It would be helpful’? Miller added. Irvin's commitment was 10 pay for one-third of the cost up to a maximum of $15 million. But 11 years ago, the provincial government said it would pay for half of the cost if the federal government kicked in the other half. The issue for the two goverm- ments now is to figure out those cost sharing details. Provincial financing will likely come from the government’s Transportation Financing Authority, a separate entity from the highways ministry. There's no word yet on how the road fits in with its spending plan. ISOLATED VILLAGE of Kincolith, at the mouth Nass River, can only be reached by air or by boat, But now there's plan to build a road connecting it to the outsida world. plications,’’ said Moore. One idea being pursued by Nisga’a Economic Enterprises is combining its own road require- ments for resource development with the Kincolith road project. “'There’s potentially some log- ging and some tourism op- portunities,’’ said Moore. What could happen, he con- | . Dod ge Carava n/ tinued, is constructing sections of road needed by the company for its own purposes to match the route and standards of the overall road project. 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