Editing Trans-Labrador Highway (section)

===Phase I, upgrading Labrador West to Happy Valley-Goose Bay===

The original TLH from Labrador West (Labrador City/Wabush) to Happy Valley-Goose Bay was completed in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/publicat/LabradorRecord/infra.html|title = The Labrador Record - Infrastructure}}</ref><ref name="source1">[http://www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid1239&mid=70 History of Labrador City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606225531/http://www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid1239&mid=70 |date=2014-06-06 }}, ''LabradorWest.com'', Retrieved February 7, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Labrador mayors push for highway commitments |date=2005-12-14 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411230635/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-mayors-push-for-highway-commitments-1.568825 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-mayors-push-for-highway-commitments-1.568825}}</ref> Some sections were poorly built or in need of upgrades due to increased traffic use, particularly the section between [[Churchill Falls]] and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. In the  summer of 1999, $60 million was allocated to upgrade the highway as part of the "Labrador Transportation Initiative".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/resourcecentre/readingroom/conference/conf2003/pdfs/jin.pdf|title=Bridges on the Trans Labrador Highway|website=tac-atc.ca|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>

'''The Phase I''' section of the TLH began undergoing paving operations in 2009;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/tw/0806n06.htm | title=Trans Labrador Highway Being Fast-Tracked }}</ref> by October 2011, a stretch of approximately {{convert|140|km|mi|abbr=on}} leading east from Labrador West had been paved, as well approximately {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} heading west from Goose Bay towards Churchill Falls.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/tw/0523n04.htm | title=Ministerial Statement - Final Tenders Awarded for Phase I of Trans Labrador Highway }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trans-Labrador Highway woes detailed by AG |date=2012-01-27 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032332/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-woes-detailed-by-ag-1.1189733 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-woes-detailed-by-ag-1.1189733}}</ref> The entire Phase I section of the TLH was completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tenders Called for More Paving on Phase I of Trans Labrador Highway|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/tw/0223n02.htm|publisher=Transportation and Works|access-date=26 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Humber Valley Paving should've paid penalty, Lisa Dempster says |date=2014-05-01 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417013119/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/humber-valley-paving-should-ve-paid-penalty-lisa-dempster-says-1.2628419 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/humber-valley-paving-should-ve-paid-penalty-lisa-dempster-says-1.2628419}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Labrador paving project won't be on time or budget |date=2014-06-12 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412013016/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-paving-project-won-t-be-on-time-or-budget-1.2673028 |archive-date=2023-04-12 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-paving-project-won-t-be-on-time-or-budget-1.2673028}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smooth driving on Trans-Labrador Highway from HVGB to Lab West |date=2015-06-30 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032330/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/smooth-driving-on-trans-labrador-highway-from-hvgb-to-lab-west-1.3133338 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/smooth-driving-on-trans-labrador-highway-from-hvgb-to-lab-west-1.3133338#:~:text=After%20its%20fair%20share%20of%20controversy%20and%20flat,scheduled%20to%20be%20complete%20in%20August%202014.%20%28CBC%29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Paving of Trans-Labrador Highway will remain unfinished until 2015 |date=2014-10-28 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417005310/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paving-of-trans-labrador-highway-will-remain-unfinished-until-2015-1.2814675 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paving-of-trans-labrador-highway-will-remain-unfinished-until-2015-1.2814675}}</ref>

====Route 510====

In 1997, the [[Government of Newfoundland and Labrador]] committed to building an extension of the TLH, connecting [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]] with an existing isolated road network serving coastal communities on the [[Strait of Belle Isle]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1997/wst/1202n02.htm | title=Ministerial Statement - Early tenders for projects funded under Labrador Transportation Initiative Fund }}</ref> The impetus for this project was the federal government's desire to cut costs and remove itself from subsidizing coastal [[ferry]] service to Labrador [[Newfoundland outport|outports]] which was being provided by the federal [[Crown corporation]] [[Marine Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Access to Trans-Labrador Highway has been 'double-edged sword,' Cartwright mayor |date=2015-06-19 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061111/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/access-to-trans-labrador-highway-has-been-double-edged-sword-cartwright-mayor-1.3118416 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/access-to-trans-labrador-highway-has-been-double-edged-sword-cartwright-mayor-1.3118416}}</ref>

These federal cuts were completed in 1997, under the moniker Labrador Transportation Initiative, when an agreement was signed which saw the federal government transfer ownership and operation of two ferry vessels, along with C$340 million for extending Labrador's road network.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1997/exec/0403n01.htm | title=Government announces construction of Trans Labrador Highway }}</ref> A key component to this plan was $150 million to upgrade coastal Labrador marine services, including a newer high-capacity ferry for the [[St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Barbe]]-[[Blanc Sablon, Quebec|Blanc Sablon]] service across the [[Strait of Belle Isle]].
[[File:Trans-Labrador Highway Route 500.jpg|thumb|Route 500 heading towards Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]