Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'm sure the Member would agree that this whole airport area has become a very complex and important area in terms of land development with the city, with the Department of Transportation airports division, with the Yellowknives Dene, and also there's been an indication of interest by DND. So my responsibility is to ensure that we have a process where we can deal with all these requests and plans. The city is working with the Department of Transportation on an MOU for the bypass road. We also have an application that's come forward by the Department of Transportation to increase the reserve area, and that will be processed and go through to the city for their comments and review. The YK Dene have come forward with a request to the city for land in the sandpits area, and we also understand there may be interest by other groups for land in that same area. At the same time, I'm obligated to respect and follow the interim measures agreement, and we also have in that same area a huge scientific reserve. So it's a very difficult and challenging scenario that we have to deal with and we are working with all the different organizations. So far, it looks like we'll have positive results. We think that everybody can be accommodated. Of course, the city has a huge role to play in this. They have a land development plan that includes zoning and includes their areas of how they see the city developing. We have to respect that and we will respect that.
We also, as part of the question I guess, have been working to develop the west side of the airport. This year we are looking at a combined services building in that immediate area. We are interested in looking at that facility to be expanded, at some time in the future, to include our highways operation. That's very possible. Right now we don't plan to do that. The facility that the houses our highways operation is still very functional and, when it comes to the end of the life of that facility, of those
facilities in that area, we will certainly consider moving it over. There's also consideration that there might be a possibility that this could be a good area or location for a new fire hall or something of that nature. So all those things, as they come forward, we will consider. Right now we have many issues to deal with and I'm hoping that we will have some resolution, or at least a process to deal with them in the next while.