Bids closed Oct. 31 for the design of an expanded North Arm Territorial Park.

SA国际影视传媒淭he idea stems from a need for more parks infrastructure to support the traveling public and to support tourism in the region,SA国际影视传媒� stated Drew Williams, spokesperson for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, in an email to News/North.

SA国际影视传媒淭he North Arm Park is already an established Recreation Park that is very popular with the Tlicho people and has not been developed beyond the day use area that exists there today.SA国际影视传媒�

Currently, the park consists of a small rest stop area by Highway 3 near Behchoko, with a picnic site and access to Great Slave Lake. The new design will expand this and run adjacent to the proposed Dinaga WekSA国际影视传媒檈hodi protected area on the North Arm, which itself may be established within the next two years.

SA国际影视传媒淓stablishing a campground with a kitchen shelter for events provides a great opportunity for the Tlicho and tour operators in the region to develop tourism products that are high in demand,SA国际影视传媒� stated Williams, adding that the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment has been working with the Tlicho Government to determine what amenities are needed in the park.

The first pieces of infrastructure for the upgraded park SA国际影视传媒� a new entrance road and day use area SA国际影视传媒� are in the GNWTSA国际影视传媒檚 2019-2020 capital plan, which is yet to be passed by the Legislative Assembly, according to Williams.

SA国际影视传媒淭he timeline is to have draft concept plans for the park planning to be complete by winter to send out to the public for comment,SA国际影视传媒� he wrote of the project that is being tendered out right now.

Once the design is finalized, individual park infrastructure items will be designed and tendered out.

In its 2030 NWT Climate Change Strategic Framework, the GNWT noted the timeline to establish the Dinaga WekSA国际影视传媒檈hodi protected area in 2019-2020. The area was proposed in 2010 by the Tlicho Government.