Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Certainly, inspection so we do understand exactly the current state and condition of all of our infrastructure is fundamentally important. It’s the basis for all of the numbers that are in the document you have here, particularly on the capital side as we do that programming. You’ll also notice in some of the details here that there’s $220,000 additional money for phase 2 of an enhanced structures inspection program.
We do have a standard that we follow, that our personnel follow as we inspect all of our structures along the highway system. When it’s a new structure, we’re there every year to ensure there is no warranty-related work. If we’ve been there a few years and we find that it’s functioning well, then we will look at it every two to five years, depending on the structure. When we go and we may find an issue, depending on the nature of that issue, then it would warrant some additional inspections, so we’d come back more frequently.
It is a very, very important subject to us, as the Minister said. It is very important that we know and understand exactly the condition of our infrastructure so we can maintain it.