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Completed Transportation Planning Studies

East Side of Lake Winnipeg All-Weather Road Scoping and Justification Study - August 2000
Remote Communities Studies
All-Weather Road Servicing Options for Ilford - Public Consultation Study - December 2001
All-Weather Road Servicing Options for Pikwitonei - Public Consultation Study - December 2001
Pukatawagan Economic Assessment Study for an All-Weather Road - August 2001
All-Weather Road Servicing Options for Shamattawa - Public Consultation Study - December 2001
All-Weather Road Servicing Options for Thicket Portage - Public Consultation Study - December 2001
All-Weather Road Servicing Options for York Landing - Public Consultation Study - December 2001

East Side of Lake Winnipeg All-Weather Road Scoping and Justification Study – August 2000

The study covered an area that extended from the vicinity of Manigotagan in the south to Oxford House in the north and from Lake Winnipeg in the west to the Ontario border, which embraced the communities of Bloodvein, Berens River, Poplar River, Little Grand Rapids, Pauingassi, St. Theresa Point, Waasagomach, Garden Hill, Red Sucker Lake, Norway House, Cross Lake, Oxford House, Gods River and Gods Lake Narrows.

Under the study, two all-weather road route scenarios with different points of origin were evaluated. Under one scenario, all the east side communities would be connected from the south via Manigotagan. Under the other scenario, the northern communities would be connected from the west via Norway House/Cross Lake with a separate connection from Manigotagan serving only the southern communities.

The study showed that east side of Lake Winnipeg all-weather road development can be economically justified based on transportation savings alone and that it was broadly supported by several First Nation communities and other interested stakeholders.

Based on the study results and it’s on going commitment to develop an all-weather road system, the Province has commenced the consultant selection process for the undertaking of an east side of Lake Winnipeg Large Area Transportation Network Study to (view “Current Transportation Planning Studies” for more details).

View (or download) the Executive Summary Report Chapters in Adobe Acrobat format:

Cover Page (1 MB)
Covering Letter (242 KB)
Table of Contents (9 KB)
Chapter 1 (22 KB)
Chapter 2 (2.5 MB)
Chapter 3 (18 KB)
Chapters 4 and 5 (24 KB)
Chapter 6 (3.2 MB)
Chapter 7 (319 KB)
Chapter 8 (273 KB)
Chapters 9 to 12 (40 KB)

Remote Communities Studies

In March 2002, the provincial government announced new transportation strategies to promote economic development and to address the unique transportation needs of several northern Manitoba Communities.

The strategies are the result of public consultations held in Pikwitonei, Thicket Portage, Shamattawa, York Landing, Ilford and Pukatawagan in 2001 as part of the province's Northern Development Strategy. These consultations looked at affordable options for improving access to northern and remote communities not accessible by all-weather roads.

The short-term strategies reflect the individual transportation needs of each community and included upgrading existing winter and forestry roads, exploring enhanced rail and ferry services, constructing new roads and building permanent bridges at key river crossings. A major recommendation resulting from the consultations was to realign some winter roads in preparation for future all-weather road construction.