Mr. Chairman, first of all I guess we should point out that we do abide by all the permitting and regulations that are required. The gravel is something that is acceptable. We meet the limits that are allowable in our permitting. We have heard from communities for many years. We have also heard from the MLAs from their ridings. That has been a concern. We are not sure if changing our practice of using gravel would eliminate the build up of gravel in different areas downstream. However, we have heard the concerns. We have started investigating solutions to dealing with that. We drafted some plans to incorporate pads that can be moved, concrete cement pads that we will be looking at installing at the landing at some point. We need to have further discussion with the tribal council and people of that area and see if that is something that would be acceptable. We will move forward as required.
Michael McLeod on Committee Motion 29-16(4): Transportation, Highways – Geotechnical Assessments On Gravel Roads, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 29-16(4): Transportation, Highways – Geotechnical Assessments On Gravel Roads, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 16th, 2010
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