Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been doing the work necessary to bring this facility back online. We've had a structural engineer look at it. We have a plan together to repair the issues that have caused it to close this year. The concern was about lateral bracing. Because the foundation was in such poor shape, there was concern it would not withstand an earthquake event that may happen. Inuvik is considered to be in an active area or active zone for earthquakes, so that was one of the main considerations taken. The work has been ongoing and is almost complete in that section. One of the other areas we're working on is also repairing some of the piles underneath the facility this year, and further repairs to the piling program will be done next summer. The other area is some of the structural issues around the gymnasium, and those are being looked at, and we feel that that work can be done again to meet the timelines we've set to have the school back in operation prior to the school returning after the Christmas break.
Floyd Roland on Question 108-15(4): Addressing Deficiencies At Samuel Hearne School
In the Legislative Assembly on October 13th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 108-15(4): Addressing Deficiencies At Samuel Hearne School
Item 7: Oral Questions
October 12th, 2005
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