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Climate change presents ‘challenge’ for construction and maintenance of Northern infrastructure
Building and maintaining highways in the NWT has never been straightforward, but it is becoming more difficult in the face of climate change. Construction firms must now contend with challenges like degrading permafrost in addition to long existing factors like remote locations and high costs. “Climate change continues to challenge the design, construction, maintenance and operations of Northern infrastructures due to disturbances within the permafrost,” said a spokesperson for the GNWT’s Department of Infrastructure (INF). “The degradation of permafrost can dramatically influence the surface conditions on the active layer of the earth. The active layer is composed of soil materials that t

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