I also got some research done in that area. Number one, the location where the Peel Crossing is and where they were talking about the crossing, that one side alone, you have to go down 180 feet in order to hit bedrock. That is the reason that it is so costly. That’s why I am saying that in order to make it economically viable, you have to have an ideal location where you can cross the river. There is a location upstream from the existing site and all we are asking the department to do is to do a bunch of core sampling to see if that is a more ideal position than what you are looking at. That one peer alone, where I mentioned, is 180 feet down. It’s going to cost $7 million. Just by that alone, the economics are not there. You have to look at a different location from where the existing ferry crossing is now in order to make the bridge economically viable. They have been looking at the numbers. You talk $70 million. The number I got from the private sector is $48 million. So there is a little difference between 70 and 48. I think like with anything with government, if government builds it, it’s going to cost a lot more.
Again, we talked about P3 money, there is a $50 million potential out there looking at a P3 project, replacement cost for ferry operations. You look at the cost for ice roads. You look at the cost in association with infrastructure, traffic, future pipelines and whatnot. The volumes are going to go up and the economics could be there.
Without these tests, I would like to ask would the department consider looking at $100,000 or a $75,000 investment to do some of the core sampling so we can identify the possibility of another ideal site or location which will make the economics more viable? Thank you.