Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, what is in the paper is not quite accurate. Phase one of the work on the road is completed. The actual repairs to the road require two to three phases. The first phase was to put a lift on the road and widen the road to respond to the damages that were already done to the road that were...it was evident that even the matting that was used to protect the base of the road was evident, and it required a major lift and a major reconstruction project to actually do the road overall. Initially the hamlet thought that they could repair the damage to the road with four or five hundred thousand dollars, but when we brought the engineers in from Transportation in June it became evident from their reports that there was a lot more serious damage than the hamlet had estimated and it would require a lot more money.

Then the hamlet started looking into the options of where they could get material, and one of the reasons for the special warrant was because, in order to access the material that was available to the community locally, it would have to be done before freeze-up. There were two sources of material that the hamlet could use. One was clay and one was a stock pile at the airport which consisted of a base for an old DEW Line hangar. The plan was to combine the two materials. However, the material at the airport belonged to Transportation and it had to be returned, so part of the funding requirement was that the hamlet haul material over the winter to return what they borrowed from Transportation.

The need for the special warrant was that the road was no longer safe to drive on. It could not stand another year without major repairs and it could not wait for spring to access those materials. If we waited for spring then we would not have the option of those two sources of gravel until July and August when they thawed out again. The decision was made to request a special warrant to allow the hamlet to tender for gravel hauls. Again, although the material that was used for winter haul was not necessarily required right away we had to allow the hamlet the moneys in order that they could have the option of tendering all at once or in two or three phases of contract haul. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.