Mr. Chairman, this has been an issue that’s been raised on a number of occasions by the MLA for that constituency. It has also been raised by the chiefs and a number of the leadership, concerns over the amount of gravel that’s being used. We’ve agreed that we need to deal with this issue. It’s part of the process that we’ve embarked on to renew our licence. In 2002 the study was done and it showed that there’s really no issue on the amount of gravel that was being used, however, we want to be able to give comfort to the people who live in that area. We’re looking at alternate methods; maybe different landing sites. We also have investigated the possibility of using a mobile cement pad. It’s already demonstrated that it’s going to be a very costly undertaking, but we want to take a look at that. We also have been reclaiming a lot of that gravel, but maybe that’s an area that we need to put more emphasis on as to reclamation of some of the gravel that’s being put on the shore and in the water. That’s something that we have to resolve as we move forward to renew our water licence.
Michael McLeod on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2010. 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 17th, 2010
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