Government officials knew $30M Shoal Lake road project could cost $52M when they announced it, documents showhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/shoal ... -1.3615153It needs to have been built years ago.......but
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Internal documents from the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs obtained by CBC show that when funding for a much-needed road to the isolated Shoal Lake 40 First Nation was announced last December, government officials knew the costs would be much higher than the $30 million estimate cited publicly.
A concept-phase early estimate for the Shoal Lake 40 Freedom Road dated Dec.1, 2015, obtained through a federal access to information request pegged the full cost at $52.47 million. The estimate has since been revised down to $46.5 million.
But that is still $16.5 million higher than the original estimate of $30 million. That number was cited in December when the mayor of Winnipeg, the premier of Manitoba and federal minister of indigenous affairs announced a three-way funding split for the building of the road.
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When complete, Freedom Road will be a gravel, two lane, low speed, low load, provincial road with an 80 km/h speed limit.
Bwahahahahaha....yeah right. Even the cops don't drive 80 kph on this road.
The new Liberal theme song.....