Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department draws up capital based on where we identify the major traffic and the impact of development on the highway sections. Highway No. 3 was identified not only by this government but previous governments as a high priority for bringing that highway up to national standards.
The funding we have identified for this particular stretch of highway is reflective of the traffic volumes and the demand on the highway. My department is not planning and will not will be putting in place any cuts that will serve to make highways unsafe. We try to maintain a budget that we can address any specific problems that develop on highways.
One of the options we have is if we do not have sufficient funding in the budget for the year, we would then go for a supplementary appropriation.
Of course, all the funding is approved by the Legislative Assembly no matter what we do with it. Again, the department does not do this in isolation. It does it with full input from the Legislative Assembly through the budget process.