This week, so did the region, with the official opening on Wednesday of the Inuvik-to-Tuktoyaktuk Highway, a road Eddie’s grandson helped build. “It’s the opportunity for the young ones especially to go beyond our schools in Tuk and go to college in Inuvik,” Gruben said. ( Courtesy Merven Gruben )Gruben, a member of Tuk council for 17 years and mayor for six, said the entire highway was built on permafrost. That’s why it took four years.” In preparation for the highway’s opening, Tuk undertook a beautification project. Inuvik Mayor Jim McDonald said he expects any change from the highway’s opening to be felt more keenly in Tuktoyaktuk.

Source: thestar November 18, 2017 11:15 UTC