The management committee is comprised of representatives from Echo Bay Mines, BHP and Diavik.

The Tibbett-Contwoyto runs over the Mackenzie River and usually opens between mid-January and mid-February.

Kirk McLellan, logistics manager for Echo Bay Mines and spokesperson for the management committee, said he hasn't heard from Nuna Logistics, the company that constructs the road, when construction will begin.

"Year to year it is different, sometimes the end of February, sometimes the end of January. It totally depends on the winter conditions," he said.

Last year cold weather sped the construction time up and the road opened near the end of January.

Despite warmer than seasonal temperatures this year McLellan said ice formation is on track.

"We have normal year ice formations with a minimum on the south end of 15 inches. The key is it is normal ice formation that has been helped along, even though it has been a little mild, by the fact we've had no snow," McLellan said.

The road is used mostly by BHP Billiton, Diavik Diamond Mines and Echo Bay's Lupin mine trucks.

Approximately 80 per cent of the 567-kilometre road is built on frozen lakes and ponds.