Mr. Speaker, I am going to leave the traffic on the Ingraham Trail where it is now where the heavy oversize loads travel between midnight and 6:00 in the morning. We've had lots of consultation with the people along that area and that is determined to be the best time to do it and the aurora tourist companies are happy with it, as happy as they can be with it and that's the best time. With Highway No. 3, I will do further consultation, have my department consult with the communities involved, mainly Rae-Edzo and make sure they are happy if we change it to some other time during the day. The one that we will not, at this point, consider is having those heavy oversize trucks go through there in the dark for that 50-kilometre stretch. Mr. Speaker, I might also mention that we only marshal the trucks at 50 kilometres. It's the only place we close the road and partway through that - and that goes from kilometre 272 to 322 approximately - and in the middle of that is Boundary Creek where there is a pullover area. Those big trucks do allow, if there happens to be vehicles, they do pull over and allow traffic to go aside that way. Nobody should be caught for a long period of time. As well, Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to put signs at both ends, at the Yellowknife end and at the Rae-Edzo end to alert motorists that might be using the road at those hours that they could be delayed by these oversize loads passing through. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 51-14(6): Restricted Load Schedule For Highway No. 3
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 51-14(6): Restricted Load Schedule For Highway No. 3
Question 51-14(6): Restricted Load Schedule For Highway No. 3
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 18th, 2003
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