Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we recognize the need for more work to be done on Highway No. 8. Highway No. 8 is roughly 262 kilometres long, and the majority of it is requiring reconstruction to handle the traffic volumes, but also because of the age of the highway. We've had a very tough summer. We've had a lot of moisture and a lot of rain. It's created havoc on a lot of our roads, not only on Highway No. 8. Highway No. 1 and Highway No. 7 are also experiencing the same conditions. We have done the preliminary engineering on the Highway No. 8 system. We have looked at the cost. We estimate it to be around $60 million. We've committed, through our capital planning, to spend an average of $5 million a year. We've also included it in our needs.
Having said that, Mr. Speaker, we haven't been able to find all the money as yet. We have been able to earmark roughly $30 million through our strategic infrastructure funding. We are still short a significant amount, roughly half of what it's going to take to complete the project. We are looking at packaging it up as part of our submissions to the federal government to meet some of our short-term needs on the highway infrastructure system. We are also including it as part of the longer-term vision from our department that will go forward to the federal government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.