Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, we are not committed to committing any part of the road system first. We have not decided if that is what we want to do. It was part of the Corridors for Canada submission that we connect all the communities by roads. That was not accepted. Our desire right now is, through our vision, through our submissions and through our agreements with the federal government, to continue to improve the winter road and we are doing so. We are working on the bridges. We have completed a number of bridges. We will have all the bridges in the Sahtu in place hopefully by 2009. There are still a few challenges. The rising cost, of course, is a concern. We want to improve some of the approaches and do a lot of the grade work over the next while, but the focus will not be to connect the communities first, as the Member has requested. Thank you.
Michael McLeod on Question 441-15(4): All-weather Road Connecting The Sahtu Region
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Question 441-15(4): All-weather Road Connecting The Sahtu Region
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 21st, 2006
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