Regarding the strategy the Minister mentioned, I have been trying to get any reports or strategies from people in the department. I was not able to access anything. All I was able to get was a letter to the chamber of commerce in Inuvik which identifies that AESL -- it is an engineering consulting firm based in Edmonton -- were looking at rough numbers of a 700-foot crossing with a one lane bridge that would cost $2 million and a two lane bridge was going to cost $4 million. That is quite a difference between the numbers they are coming up with and your $30 million that you are estimating out of a 1980 report. That is why I ask the question of how you come up with these numbers. Can the Minister tell me why there is such a gap between the evaluation of this engineering firm versus the numbers you are coming up with?
David Krutko on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 27th, 2001. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 26th, 2001
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