Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, maybe I could answer it this way. At the present time we have a winter road system from Wrigley up to Tulita to Norman Wells and to Good Hope and from Tulita to Deline. The purpose of the winter road is, even though it is a very short season the last few years, to resupply these communities with the big items like housing supplies, fuel and very large pieces of merchandise that we have to get into these communities. This has been an ongoing practice of this government to provide that service. With the amount of resources we have today and with the environmental problems that we have encountered the last couple of years with the federal Department of Oceans and Fisheries, we have been directed to focus our attention on the existing winter road that I just mentioned by improving the stream crossing and that is where our focus has been up-to-date. Perhaps, if we run into additional funding in the future, we will probably have to take a look at what the honourable Member for Inuvik is requesting; but at the present time, we are just focusing with our limited resources on what we have. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 686-13(4): Fort Good Hope Winter Road
In the Legislative Assembly on October 15th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 686-13(4): Fort Good Hope Winter Road
Question 686-13(4): Fort Good Hope Winter Road
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 14th, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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