CHIBOUGAMOU - (Kitco News) -- Quebec Premier Jean Charest announced the $331 million extension of route 167 to the Otish Mountains as part of his Plan Nord project in Northern Quebec.

Initially included in the original Plan Nord announcement on May 9, Premier Charest gave the official announcent late this morning at a press conference at city hall in Chibougamou.

By Alex Létourneau of Kitco News aletourneau@kitco.com

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