Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As with any highway where there are many challenges to ensure the highways are as safe as possible for the travelling public, and the Dempster Highway that the Member is referring to is one of the ones that we are focussing a lot of our capital and energy on. We are basically reconstructing that highway. Also, another one of the big challenges is the amount of dust control that we can apply to those roads. One of our biggest barriers, Mr. Speaker, is the cost of application; whereas, down south, the southern sections of our roads, we can get away with $1,500 per kilometre. On the Dempster, it is costing us $5,000 per kilometre. It really impacts the amount of O and M we can apply to those roads. That is one of the deciding factors, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Kevin A. Menicoche on Question 101-15(6): Dust Control On Public Highways
In the Legislative Assembly on May 16th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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Question 101-15(6): Dust Control On Public Highways
Item 7: Oral Questions
May 15th, 2007
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