If the highways are still in bad shape, I will make sure that I bring it to your attention as soon as I can. Thank you.
The other area of concern in my constituency was brought to my attention quite a few times from the communities of Fort Liard and Fort Simpson. On our river called Poplar River, on the highway system south from Fort Simpson the road washed out in 1988 when we had a great deal of water in our country toward the end of June, beginning of July. There was a great deal of rain, so it washed out many bridges. There is a major culvert in this area that failed to keep the water from the road. Up to this day, there is a temporary bridge on the side which is very small. It is very difficult or impossible to transport large houses across that bridge. There was a situation where someone from Fort Liard wanted to transport a house trailer into Fort Liard. He could not bring it in from the BC side because there was a narrow bridge. They brought it in all the way around to High Level, up to Enterprise, around this way close to Simpson and brought it in toward Liard. When they got to the bridge, they had some problems with it, but they managed to get it across. This is the problem that exists there. The people from Liard always ask me, "When are they going to put a decent bridge at Poplar River?" Is there anything in the plans in your department to put a decent bridge or bigger bridge at Poplar River? Thank you.