This is an issue that I think the Member has raised every year from the time he was elected in this position. It is certainly an area that we have worked towards improving. I think that we have spent more than $5 million in a number of key improvements and along the Mackenzie Valley winter road. We have, at his request, looked at putting a number of signs along the winter road so that the traffic could be informed of corners and hills and we also overall wanted to have a stronger presence with our highway enforcement officers and highway patrols and changed our permitting system and have replaced a lot of our highway patrol officers that were issuing permits at the weigh scales, to clerks and admin staff, so that our people could be out there and have a stronger presence. I think that is going to be reflected in the increased number of patrols along the Mackenzie Valley winter road system starting from now on.
Michael McLeod on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
October 27th, 2009
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