Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To answer this question I may have to go back a few years for the history of the access road. The access road began in the middle term of the last government. Prior to that, this particular access road was already under way. This was started as a DIAND project, the fund was then moved to the GNWT and it was a specific project within the Department of Transportation until the whole access road program was created. It was then incorporated into this access road program. The criteria, at the present time, is more on a first come first-serve basis for the access road program. There is an initial amount of $50,000 that is allocated from an existing approved budget from this Legislative Assembly and through an application process this money has been allocated out. That was the criteria which this access road is under. To repeat myself, this particular program, the Jean Marie River access road, was in place long before the access road program was put into place. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
In the Legislative Assembly on May 16th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 16th, 1996
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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