Thank you, Mr. Speaker and honourable Members. Another thing about the regulations that govern truckers in the Northwest Territories -- that doesn't make much sense -- are the rules that govern running overweight. I can see obtaining an overweight certificate to run a heavy load from Hay River to Yellowknife. But, to have to obtain a certificate to run a load of gravel ten miles down the road is ridiculous, especially when the gravel truck operator is working on a government project.
Nine times out of ten, the roads the gravel truck drivers are driving over are going to be reconstructed that summer anyway. There is no way that a trucker can do any permanent harm. I think that if the Department of Transportation engineers running the job concur that truckers should be allowed to run overweight in a construction zone, they should be allowed to do so. This Member's statement will serve as formal notice that I intend to address these problems to the satisfaction of myself and the truckers. Mahsi cho.
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