This was and is included in the concession agreement. It has been an agreed and negotiated item between the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation and ourselves that the GNWT would be responsible to count traffic on the bridge and then responsible to collect the toll. There are a couple of reasons there. First, it was felt that the Bridge Corporation couldn’t take on that risk themselves. It was more appropriate for the GNWT to take on that risk so it helped the project be more financeable with the people that are providing the money to the project. It fit into DOT’s operation. It would be easier for us to incorporate it with the existing infrastructure, the existing personnel that DOT has. One of the things that we are working on is a call centre for permits. It has been operational for several months now and it seems to be working quite well. We do think that we will be able -- the plan is anyway -- to allow them to issue tolls or the permit to cross the Deh Cho Bridge. Thank you.
Russ Neudorf 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
Russ Neudorf
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