Return to Written Question 3-12(7), asked by Mr. Pudluk to the Minister of Transportation, concerning the cost of the Inuvik/ Tuktoyaktuk winter ice road.
On Monday, November 14, 1994, the Member for High Arctic submitted a written question to the Minister of Transportation inquiring about the annual cost of operating the Inuvik/Tuktoyaktuk winter ice road.
1. For the 1994-95 winter road season, the Department of Transportation expects the operation of the Inuvik/Tuktoyaktuk ice road will cost $360,000.
2. Two highway transfer agreements with the federal government in 1984 and 1990 devolved responsibility for the existing territorial highway system to the territorial government. The residual responsibility for the construction of new roads in the Northwest Territories still remains with the federal government.
For the time being, there are no firm plans to extend an all-weather road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk.