Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these two projects are multi-year contracts, as the honourable Member indicated. The Rae-Edzo section is a design built and we have a request for proposals out there. This is a two-year project and the amount of money which we have allocated for it will require reconstruction. As you know, to rebuild that section of the road, because it is in the precambrian shield similar to the terrain around Yellowknife, is very difficult. It is not like the section from Edzo south where you do not have any rocks. I guess that is why my predecessors left it until the very end to complete because it is very difficult. My understanding of the amount of money that we spend on the average between Edzo and down south is about $300,000 per kilometre and I understand that the section we are going to build is going to be three times that amount per kilometre. We are looking at a different type of terrain that we have not done and we need two years to complete the work that was approved in the House. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 69-13(6): Highway 3 Condition
In the Legislative Assembly on September 22nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 69-13(6): Highway 3 Condition
Question 69-13(6): Highway 3 Condition
Item 6: Oral Questions
September 21st, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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