Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not too sure who is going to take the question, either the Premier or the Minister of Transportation, but my question is directed at the revenues that we are going to have to drive to pay down the debt for the Deh Cho Bridge. They are going to be used as tolls on the Deh Cho Bridge, which I believe is somewhere in the range of $9 million. This government is going to put in about $4 million coming from the ferry operation plus $2.7 million or $2.2 million. Out of that, one thing I heard is we’re seeing a decrease in traffic on Highway No. 3. This decrease means that our revenues are going to be lower coming forward to pay down that debt. Does that mean the government may have to look at options such as an increase in the toll, currently at $6 a tonne, or come forward with a supp to offset that cost so they can pay down that deficit of, I believe, $9 million a year over 35 years? I’d just like to know the alternatives if we don’t have the traffic volumes to generate the tolls to pay the debt going forward over the next 35 years.
David Krutko on Question 64-16(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project
In the Legislative Assembly on March 23rd, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 64-16(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project
Oral Questions
March 22nd, 2010
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