Marten Falls First Nation (MFFN) Community Access Road

The MFFN CAR Project Team is happy to announce that the Draft Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement for the Marten Falls Community Access Road was released on February 18, 2025, for Indigenous community review!

Indigenous communities and groups we are engaging have early access to the Draft Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement with the public review period starting 60-days later, on April 22, 2025. This means that Indigenous communities and groups have 120 calendar days to review and provide their comments. The review period for Indigenous communities and groups, the public and regulators ends on June 23, 2025.

The Draft Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement for the Marten Falls First Nation Community Access Road describes how the Preferred Route was chosen and identifies how construction and the long-term use (i.e., operations and maintenance) of the proposed road may affect people and the environment.

What is Included?

The Technical Supporting Documents of the Draft Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement provide an in-depth analysis of each of the valued components, including information on the current state of the environment, what effects the project may have, and how we can reduce any negative effects while maximizing positive outcomes. These documents also consider how the project might overlap with other projects in the area (also known as Cumulative Effects) to create bigger and / or additional effects.

‘Valued components’ provide the foundation for the Assessment Process that the Community Access Road follows. Valued components are aspects of the human and natural environment that might be affected by the Community Access Road and are important to Indigenous communities, government agencies and interested persons. They relate to water, land, people, engineering and Indigenous Knowledge, and can be physical (air, water, soil) or socio-economic (land use, cultural heritage).

Given the length of the Technical Supporting Documents included in the Draft Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement, we have summarized each technical report into an easy-to-understand Plain Language Summary that highlights key areas of study and the assessment process for each valued component.

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