This is a design/build contract road project. It’s the set price, $230 million. We need to make sure that we give the contractor all the tools, both fiscal and otherwise, that he needs to get the job done so he

can move the design requirements and stay within budget.

This allows us to catch up to the road that wasn’t constructed last year because it was a slow start. This is not a gift or benefit to the contractor. That’s the only reason we are doing it. It’s not because he just decided it would be better off for him just because.

We are all very, very conscious of our obligation and the scrutiny on this project and the need to bring it in on budget, on time and of high quality. To do that, we have to be flexible. We knew right from the start there would be an adjustment required because this was the type of road construction and it hasn’t been done anywhere in this country before. We have a year under our belt. We have a seasoned team of road builders now at both ends working towards the middle. The expectation, I would assume – I assume, we assume, I think the people of the Northwest Territories assume – is that we want this project built on time and on budget.

After, like I said, we lived through the bridge construction and it had its challenges and it was very problematic for all of us, now we have an opportunity in a project that we want to bring in on budget and on time. In order to do that we have to move money within the approved project cost to get that done. Thank you.