Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I want to let the Minister know that over the last several past months I have driven on the winter road and driven on the road. I certainly appreciate some of the work that's been done on the winter road there and the bridgework. Certainly appreciation being made by a lot of people. This winter road helps a lot of people. It helps us bring down our prices of the food that we buy outside. We go to Yellowknife and Hay River and Simpson even we do our grocery shopping there. People really appreciate it. It also helps with family vacations, because we each have family and they bring their families out. I guess for myself, Mr. Chairman, that we're progressing as we continue on with our road structure. Again, I ask the Minister in terms of having some real meaningful contact with our people in terms of planning. Which areas need to be looked at from his regional office to come into our region and talk? You know, the work that's going to be done on Big Smith Bridge, the work that's going to be done north of Norman Wells in the Fort Good Hope area. I know Deline's asking for some bridge in the future. So just have some real discussion with us to this work here. It's important to us. The Minister realizes that, because there are other communities that do have winter roads also and into their ridings. I say that cautiously that our region is being actively explored by various oil companies and mining companies to look in the region here as opposed to other regions. So I'm not really speaking too much of those areas because we have that additional oil and gas exploration going on in mining exploration, and we need a little more additional attention to it. So, Mr. Chairman, again I would ask the Minister if his department would consider coming into our region to look at how we could create some safer roads, I guess. They're doing some good work there, but we want to look more closely as to having that consultation for us to take part in our region. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Norman Yakeleya on Motion 45-15(5): Highway No. 3 Safety Issues, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.
Motion 45-15(5): Highway No. 3 Safety Issues, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 21st, 2007
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