Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am sure that the Member is aware that a lot of the gravel and the mud on the ice crossing is falling off the trucks and equipment using the ice crossing. It is not just from the road itself. The department, as I said earlier to the Member for the Deh Cho, is going to take the Member's concern under consideration and see whether or not we can chip seal those approaches.
At this time, Mr. Speaker, I do not want to give anyone false hope that we may be doing this in the near future, because there is only a fair volume of traffic on that road in the winter, whereas there is very little traffic on the same section in the summer. The only people that would use that section of road are mainly those people who live on it. I do not want to give anyone any false hopes here. There is no doubt that the department does take into consideration whether or not removing the gravel from the ice road would in fact prolong the life of the road. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
