Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as the Member pointed out there is a need for infrastructure in all communities. That is not just the capital infrastructure, it is the O and M funding that is needed as well.

MACA does not have a program whereby we can pave the streets in the small communities. We have tried to resolve this problem through dust control, calcium. Each community has some funding in its formula funding for dust control, but nevertheless, as the Member points out, there is no way near enough to consider hard-topping the streets.

However, in the short term, the department has been looking at some of the shortfalls by approaching the problems on an individual basis. For instance, in the past, the Member has raised the problem of the ability of the disabled to get around in small communities. MACA is responding by looking into putting a bussing service into communities. Communities would be supplied with a bus that would allow for the transportation of disabled people. We just do not have the money, Mr. Chairman, to pave streets. Thank you.