Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister responsible for Transportation. It is regarding the possibility of a feasibility study to look at the possibility of a bridge on the Peel River.

Back in 1981, the Inuvik Chamber of Commerce looked at an engineering firm out of Edmonton to consider the possibility of looking at a feasibility study to see the practicality of building a bridge and what the cost was. Back then, to do the study would have cost somewhere in the range of $20,000.

From the preliminary results that came back from the engineering firm, they were estimating the cost of this bridge for one lane was somewhere around $2 million, and a two-lane was somewhere in the range of $4 million, with a life expectancy expected to be somewhere between ten and 15 years.

At that time, that was the report. I have been trying to get the Department of Transportation to see what is the possibility of doing highway studies. My question to the Minister is, will the Minister consider conducting an evaluation or a feasibility study to see what the actual cost would be for a bridge across the Peel River?