Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the honourable Member makes a good case. There are a lot of airports in the north in communities that have been asking for extension of their airports. In some cases, the request is for paving certain airports. In this particular case, going back to Fort Smith overlay runway taxi apron for $2 million, I am told that had Transport Canada retained the Fort Smith airport, they would have paved it in 1996/97 fiscal year. In our case we had deferred it for one year for this year. It was part of the commitment that we are honouring here in regards to the Arctic A transfer, similar to other agreements that we had during the transfer. We are honouring this one as well. This airport here has a jet service, five days a week, F28 jet to Fort Smith, Canadian Regional Airlines. This has a daily jet service five days a week and it requires this type of hard top. This pavement needs an overlay for safety and for protecting the investment that we have. If we let it deteriorate any longer, it will probably will cost more than it is going to cost us at this time to do the overlay. There was a previous year's amount last year. There was some money spent, $450,000, that is for the gravel haul for the pavement that is supposed to be done this year. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 13th, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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