Madam Chair, this year we had unusually warm weather and it really caused a lot of problems in the area of building the roads in the North Slave region, especially to the communities of Wekweeti and Gameti that required us to do some extras in the actual construction of the roads. It required lighter equipment because of the very thin ice. We had to get lighter equipment that was not in the contract and we also had to...In a number of cases, the rivers or the creeks started flowing so we had to go back and reconstruct some of those roads, or in some cases provide detours. This was all over and above the standard contract and we did have success in getting the communities resupplied, but we had costs that were over and above what was included in the actual contract and we had to have our own maintenance crews out there in a lot of cases. We had to pay a lot of overtime because of the amount of time they were required to spend out there maintaining and ensuring the road was safe and providing the detours and constructing, in some cases, new roads because of the washouts.
Michael McLeod on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 5th, 2006
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