Posted: Mar 16, 2021 10:39 AM ET | Last Updated: March 16
Changing temperatures are creating shorter ice road seasons, which could impact the communities that depend on them.(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
People who work on the winter road network in northwestern Ontario say it's time to start looking at more permanent infrastructure, as warmer temperatures put the long-term viability of the winter road network at risk.
Twelve winter roads in northern Ontario faced closures last week, according to an update published Friday by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, though at least one of those was due to pandemic-related restrictions, according to Lindsey Jupp, an environmental technologist with Matawa First Nations Management.