“This is great because it’s going to be a great economic benefit for Northwestern Ontario.” NOMA has long advocated for twinning sections of Highway 11 and Highway 17 or expanding parts of the corridor to a two-plus-one configuration to improve safety. Asked whether those projects should be included in future federal investments related to the repository, Dumas was unequivocal. That is the ask of NOMA, to continue to focus on the twinning and/or 2 plus 1,” he said. “We’ve been educated on the transportation of the product as well as the storage of the product,” he said.