Public Notice
Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project – Availability of Participant Funding

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is making available $300,000 under its Participant Funding Program (the Program) to assist groups and individuals to participate in the environmental assessment of the proposed Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway project located in the Northwest Territories.

The Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, the Town of Inuvik, and the Government of the Northwest Territories are proposing to construct, operate and maintain a 140 kilometer all-weather highway from the Town of Inuvik to the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk.

The funding is being made available to help successful applicants participate in the upcoming steps of the review panel process, which will be conducted by the Inuvialuit Environmental Impact Review Board (the Board).

The Board will hold public hearings, which will be announced at a later date.

A funding review committee, independent of the environmental assessment process, will review all applications and make recommendations on funding awards. Applications received by the Agency no later than April 8, 2011 will be considered.

Information on the Program, including the Participant Funding Program Guide, the application form and the contribution agreement, is available at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca . Information on the proposed project is also available on the Board's registry site at www.eirb.ca .

To submit an application or to obtain more information on the Program, contact:

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Suzanne Osborne
Participant Funding Program
160 Elgin St., 22nd Floor
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: 1-866-582-1884 or 613-957-0254
Fax: 613-957-9172
suzanne.osborne@ceaa-acee.gc.ca