Tuktoyaktuk is getting faster internet.

The GNWT and the federal government are committing $19.7 million to extend the Mackenzie Valley fibre optic line to Tuktoyaktuk, with the feds kicking in $14.8 million and the GNWT covering the remainder.

Northwest Territories MP Michael McLeod was in town to make the announcement July 31.

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Stretching more than 1,100 kilometres when completed, the line will bring high-speed internet to the community and is expected to begin construction in 2024. The extension itself will be 137 kilometres.

The project is part of the federal governmentSA国际影视传媒檚 2019 High Speed Connectivity Strategy, which aims to have 98 per cent of the country connected to high-speed internet by 2026, and the entire country by 2030.

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