GREENSTONE, ONT. — Ground has officially been broken on the Municipality of Greenstone’s Geraldton Main Street Rehabilitation ProjectGeraldton Main Street Rehabilitation ProjectStatusAwardValue$74MLocationGeraldton Road, Summer Beaver ONSectorPublic – State/ProvincialTypeRoads / HighwaysData as of June 2, 2026View Project Page →.
The Ontario government is investing $81.3 million to rebuild the area’s main street, connecting Highway 11 at the south end to Highway 584 at the north, while also providing access to the Trans-Canada Highway.
Pioneer/Minodahmun Development LP, a First Nation-owned partnership, has been awarded a contract for the project.
According to a release, rehabilitating Geraldton’s Main Street will support future road development efforts in the region, helping connect northern communities and remote First Nations to critical goods and services, education and health care.
“Geraldton’s Main Street has always been about more than rebuilding a road: It is about building the Corridor to Prosperity, with First Nations and northern communities as integral leaders and full partners, every step of the way,” said Greg Rickford, minister of Indigenous affairs and first nations economic reconciliation, in a statement.
Overall, the province is planning to accelerate the construction of more than 500 kilometres of all-season roads leading to the proposed Eagle’s Nest area to unlock access to the Ring of Fire by 2031 – five years sooner than originally planned.
The critical mineral rich area is located approximately 500 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay and covers about 8,000 square kilometres.
