I don’t think there will be a big crowd there. In fact, the economic analysis done by this government has shown that because of the efficiency of the road, we will lose something in the order of 1,500 or 1,600 person years of employment, which is typical of the oil and gas industry. It’s a very low ratio of person jobs per invest, $1 million investment, and the loss will be very large here according to our studies. So the record we have is $7 million. We’re going to go find the gravel. We didn’t. The government came back, we need another $5 million, we got a few weeks left in the fiscal year and we’re going to spend that very effectively and we’re going to find the gravel. We approved that $5 million, they went out and they didn’t find the gravel. They found some but not enough to go to the bank with. Now we’re asking for another $5 million with two weeks left in the fiscal year. Obviously, some serious concerns on that record.
Let’s just review. We’ve gone from $200 million to $299 and that’s sort of a “trust me” figure. Obviously, $299, that sounds like I’m buying a shirt at a bargain price. I’m not sure how much trust we can put in it.
How much of the design for this project have we completed? Obviously, we know what happens in the past when we proceeded without a complete design. We had to toss out that design and come up with a brand new one and with tens of millions of dollars in extra cost. Recognizing that we’re dealing with taxpayers’ dollars here, where are we with the design?