Thank you. Mr. Chairman, one of the things that I have a concern with is with regard to the heavy vehicles that are on the roads. I will talk about the patrols later. Mr. Chairman, one of the things that I find is that the government is spending millions and millions of dollars improving the roads, which I appreciate and which I am sure people travelling on the roads appreciate, but unlike most provinces, I guess we do not really restrict heavy vehicles from travelling on the highways on certain days of the week. In BC the big trucks are not allowed to travel on certain days on highways, to allow lighter traffic to travel. In the North, it is quite different because of the gravel situation. I am hoping that maybe the government might look at the possibility of allowing maybe one day in a week on which we would restrict heavy vehicles from travelling, to allow the general public to be able to travel on those roads without doing too much damage to windshields and that. I am just wondering whether or not this has ever been discussed, and whether it is possible to maybe look at doing that. Mr. Chairman, I am one person that does use the road quite a bit, and there are big tankers and semi trucks that travel the road quite steadily.
Samuel Gargan on Bill 14: Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1992-93 And Committee Report 3-12(2)
In the Legislative Assembly on March 6th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Bill 14: Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1992-93 And Committee Report 3-12(2)
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 5th, 1992
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
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