Two major road projects in 2018 should smooth out the road from Inuvik to the highway but will bring delays and detours along the way.
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Airport Road will be getting two years of work starting this summer, which will result in delays and traffic control, while the Inuvik access road, better known as Hospital Hill, will be having a culvert replaced this winter. That project will take approximately eight weeks and the road will be closed off for construction, so drivers will have to use the bypass road at the top of town to get in and out of Inuvik.
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The 45-year-old culvert at the bottom of Hospital Hill is to blame for the bumpy section of road down there, which should be fixed with the construction this winter.
Some drivers might be tempted to sneak through the road by the Nova Inn.
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Work is slated to take place starting Jan. 15 and finishing by April 30. The project is out to tender so a timeframe of when exactly construction SA国际影视传媒� which is predicted to take eight weeks SA国际影视传媒� will begin is not yet known. It will likely begin sometime between Jan. 15 and March 1.
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He and MacDonald held an open house in Inuvik recently to inform the public of the detour this winter.
