OTTAWA – Environment Minister Peter Kent is giving a green light to a controversial glacier-walk project in Alberta’s Jasper National Park.

The minister says the approval follows a robust environmental assessment and a review that included open houses and consultations with aboriginal groups.

Brewster Travel Canada plans to build a multimillion-dollar interpretive boardwalk and a glass-bottomed observation point high over the Sunwapta Valley.

The minister says the project will be built largely on an existing parking lot and won’t disrupt the local ecology.

He says Parks Canada will monitor the project for any environmental problems.

Kent predicts the project will eventually become an iconic tourism destination.