The Hamlet of Naujaat is proposing to build an all-weather community access trail within municipal boundaries. The proposed trail is about 15 km long and will start on the existing road about 4 km north of Naujaat just before the community water filling station. The trail will follow the existing ATV trail to the southeast to where it crosses a stream about 200 m north of where the stream flows into the north end of Naujaat Inlet. From there the trail will mostly follow the ATV trail to the northeast, ending at a large gravel source about 1.8 km inside Naujaat’s municipal boundary.Community near-term benefits of the access trail include: (1) job opportunities and training (the trail will be built by a local workforce where ever possible); and (2) safe and easy access to potential sand and gravel that could be used by the Hamlet, new potential carving stone sources, and areas popular for traditional land use. In the longer term, this trail could provide Naujaat with continuing economic benefits and jobs from tourism, traditional land use related education, and industry related opportunities like sources of aggregate, carving stone and diamonds. The trail will pass close to North Arrow Minerals’ Q1-4 diamond deposit. The trail could be used by North Arrow to sample the kimberlite rock to test if it could be become a diamond mine. In the past, North Arrow used helicopters to do this. Using the access trail, North Arrow could use trucks instead of helicopters, providing more local employment of truck drivers and samplers and increased use of local businesses, like the Naujaat Coop. North Arrow could pay the Hamlet for using the trail. The Hamlet has teamed with three companies to help with engineering, environmental studies, permitting, early-stage financing and potential construction: Onsite Engineering Ltd (routing, design and potential construction of the trail), Ecologic Consultants Ltd. (permitting and environmental studies) and North Arrow Minerals (funding for Onsite and Ecologic’s pre-construction work on the trail). Studies have been completed on about 11km of the proposed 15km trail. The last 4 km are scheduled to be studied in May-June 2019. Measurements of all water crossings will also be taken at that time. It will take about two months of construction time to build the trail. The proposed start date is September 2019 with completion planned for 2020. All construction activities will be staged in Naujaat. Building of access trail would provide two main environmental benefits: (1) less damage of tundra and wetlands: the existing ATV trail is very wide in some wet areas, as drivers try to find the driest possible routes. This disturbs more tundra than necessary; and (2) proper bridges and culverts will make stream crossings safer and will reduce impacts on the water quality, fish, and vegetation. Construction of this community access trail will create near-term local employment and will benefit Naujaat businesses. Construction related jobs offer potential experience and training in areas such as surveying, equipment operation, environmental monitoring, and archaeological monitoring. If the trail is built the community will gain access to sources of gravel and carving stone and will have safer and easier access to the land for traditional activities. There would be additional employment, training and business opportunities related to North Arrow’s work on the Q1-4 diamond deposit, tourism, and education.