Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Transportation indicates that in Inuvik, the road between the airport and the community is hard topped paved section of the road which is a very good road, compared to other roads that I have been on. It is an investment we have to protect. I am aware of the problem there. There is a permafrost problem in that area where there is cracking of the paved surface. It has been addressed through maintenance funding every year between the tune of $2,000 to $10,000 a year to make sure it does not deteriorate any further.
There has been suggestions of trying to address the problem by perhaps dealing with the bench. Maybe developing bench road systems on both sides. At the present time there has been no study done but with the preliminary figures it is quite costly to do that. However, I will take the Members' request and see if the department could look further into this. Thank you.