Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first of all, we have to have a design of the roads. We have to ensure that we have a good, solid base. In some communities, we've had to reconstruct a good portion of the roads, the main streets. We also have to ensure that there's proper drainage, and in a lot of cases, that has required us to do surveys, and provide new culverts, and provide the new access roads. So it takes a lot of time to do some of the design. It takes a lot of time to do some of the reconstruction of the actual road base and the main street. It also takes a good period of time to provide the materials. We have to bring the materials on site; we have to have the equipment in the vicinity to do the actual crushing. So all those things are factored in, and it takes a couple of years. In a lot of cases, especially in the Sahtu, the communities are not serviced by year-round roads, so we have to plan around the winter road system and winter road season. So it really takes a lot longer. In some cases, where there's direct access, such as in Fort Providence and other communities, it's relatively easy, and we can do it over a couple of seasons. But in the case of the Sahtu, it takes longer. Along with that, there was one year when we didn't do any work because the money was not in the budget, as per the budget reductions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Michael McLeod on Question 240-15(4): Chipsealing Program In The Sahtu Region
In the Legislative Assembly on October 24th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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