Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, if it would help the Members, I could give a breakdown here of the $195,000. The information I have says it is $80,000 for engineering studies, mechanical brushing, and preliminary grade work to permit public traffic to use the road, and $115,000 for construction and maintenance. The Member is questioning whether we are building a road for the sake of industry.

The department and the government have an obligation to build roads into communities, as well as to serve the general public. Once we build this road and it is declared a winter road and it becomes part of the highway system, you really cannot limit anybody on that road other than for the purpose of weight or environmental reasons. It is a public road. What we are trying to do here is to negotiate with these users so they contribute to the wear and tear on the road. I am sure the Members know that an ordinary winter road used by light traffic would require way less maintenance than it would if there are heavy trucks in there. We would then have to increase the maintenance.

These are things that we are trying to address here. The raw question of whether we are building roads for the purpose of resources, the answer is yes. We do build roads for the purpose of resource development. That is our mandate, as well as to serve the general public. I have no problem understanding that. Thank you.