Mr. Speaker, I have a return to Written Question 1-16(3) asked by Mr. Beaulieu on October 24th, 2008,

regarding the operation and maintenance of Highway No. 4. I am pleased to provide the following:

1. The total length of the all-season section of

Highway No. 4 is 69.2 kilometres.

2. The total length of the sections of Highway No.

4 that are either paved or chipsealed is 28.3 kilometres.

3. The following amounts were the budgeted

amounts of O and M expenditures on Highway No. 4 for the 2004-05 to the 2006-07 fiscal years: 2004/05 $132,401 2005/06 $197,543 2006/07 $179,821

4. The 2006 Census did not specifically indicate

the exact number of full-time residents along Highway No. 4, but instead grouped Highway No. 4 residents into a category called “unorganized population in the Fort Smith region.” This category has a total population of 339 people and includes all people living outside of the NWT communities south of Wrigley, of which the majority would be full-time residents along Highway No. 4.

For the 2011 Census, the number of Highway No. 4 residents will be separated from the unorganized Fort Smith region.

The 2006 Census, however, did specifically indicate the population of Dettah, which has 247 full-time residents.