This is a reply to a question asked by Mr. Gargan on February 25, 1992. On February 25 the member from Deh Cho asked me, in which other areas in the Northwest Territories, besides the Fort Providence access road, does the Department of Transportation use sodium chloride to Remove ice from highway surfaces.
When required for reasons of safety, the Department of Transportation uses road salt to remove ice on all paved sections of the territorial highway system. These are:
Highway No. 1: NWT/Alberta border to Enterprise, 84 km; approaches to Kakisa River bridge, 3 km; junction of Highway No. 3 south of Fort Providence, 5 km. Highway No. 2: Enterprise to Hay River, 43 km. Highway No. 3: junction with Highway No. 1 south of Fort Providence, 1 km; west of Edzo to east of Fort Rae, 7 km; junction of Highway No. 4 to 3 km north of the Yellowknife airport, 6 km. Highway No. 4: Yellowknife to Dettah access road, 10 km. Highway No. 5: junction Highway No. 2 to 30 km south of junction Highway No. 6, 92 km; Fort Smith west to the Salt River bridge, 15 km. Highway No. 6: junction Highway No. 5 to 24 km east, 24 km. Highway No. 8: Inuvik airport road, 10 km.