Mr. Chairman, one of the principles that we have been suggesting here for the toll is that those highways that produce the revenue would see the revenue reinstated in the highways. Obviously, it is going to be needed anyway because of the heavy traffic and the effect it has on the surface of the highways. So there is a need to reinstate the money where it comes from.
That is not to say that there is no need for funding for the road the Member mentioned, such as the approach to Rae or the Tulita winter road or the access road on the Hay River Reserve.
The fact of the matter is the traffic volume there does not compare to the traffic volume on Highway No. 4. That is what the problem is. We are trying to reinvest the money where the problems are. We have to take into consideration that there is a lot of traffic down Highway No. 4 related to the tourism for northern lights. That is where all the Japanese people go now to view northern lights, down that highway. That in turn brings a lot of revenue into the city. The city has been writing to the department about their concerns on that particular route. So we are trying to address all these people's concerns and their expressions to us. Most of them are related to safe travel on the highways.
Although the Member may have some point that there is community traffic in other sectors and they are not really being addressed, like I said to the Member for Deh Cho, this does loosen up pressure on our existing capital funding, so they may be in a better position to address these other concerns. Thank you.