Pomerleau has selected Abitibi Connex, a 204-acre logistics hub in Iroquois Falls, to support its work on the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) Redevelopment Project in Moosonee and Moose Factory.

The partnership will be supported by Pinnacle Logistics Solutions Ltd., which will coordinate material delivery for building the $1.8-billion regional healthcare campus.

The project includes a new hospital in Moosonee featuring 36 private inpatient beds, a 32-bed long-term Elder Care Lodge, a 24-hour emergency department, modern surgical suites, and more. An additional ambulatory care centre in Moose Factory will provide culturally appropriate care for everyone living in the western James Bay and Hudson Bay coastal regions of Ontario.

Earlier this month, Pomerleau and Pinnacle Logistics launched material transfers to Abitibi Connex, coordinating construction supplies through the former paper mill site that BMI Group and Dutch investment group Business-EQ have redeveloped. Ontario Northland Rail is upgrading 11.5 kilometres of rail spur to create a direct connection from Iroquois Falls to the Cochrane junction, where materials will be railed north to their destination in Moosonee.

The operation will handle approximately 3,000 rail cars through Abitibi Connex over three years and create an estimated 120 jobs during peak construction.

"This partnership demonstrates the complex logistics coordination needed for major northern development, and the success partnerships like this bring to them," said Frank Devries, Principal & General Manager, Pinnacle Logistics Solutions Ltd.

Construction work on the Weeneebayko health centre is expected to be complete in 2030.