Thank you, Mr. Chair. Another one of the concerns that I have is Highway No. 8 and I notice there's some money going into it again this year which I think is much needed. I would like to know how that money is disbursed. Does the regional office decide how the money is going to be spent, what repairs are going to be made? I'm thinking more in particular of dust control, and as the Member from Mackenzie Delta will verify, the dust control is much needed on the Dempster Highway. The Inuvik to Fort McPherson route of it is dangerous driving, it's like driving on marbles. It's dusty and it's very dangerous. We've been fortunate that we haven't had as many accidents as we could have had on that road. I can think of a few offhand where people have lost their lives, but how many more lives do we need to lose before we realize that the dust control is a big issue on that highway? We've got, I think, 259 kilometres, I believe, from Inuvik to the NWT/Yukon border and there's little stretches of it that have dust control. I'd like to know whose responsibility it is to ensure that the money goes to something that's much needed like dust control. I think that all the people of Beaufort-Delta or Mackenzie Delta will agree with me on this one, that they do need to do something about the dust on this road. Thank you.
Robert C. McLeod on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 21st, 2007
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