Three joint ventures short-listed for Tlicho all-season road contract – CBC

The territorial government has identified three multi-national joint ventures to compete for a contract to design, build and maintain the Tlicho all-season road.

The joint ventures are led by companies that measure their annual revenues in the billions of dollars and have been involved in large construction all over the world.

They include 29 separate companies, with only two of them — NWT Construction and EGT Northwind — based in the Northwest Territories.

In January, the federal government conditionally agreed to pay up to 25 per cent of the estimated $150 million cost of building the road.

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