Replacing existing winter roads will help us adapt to the pressure of climate change, which is reducing the window of access into more of these remote communities. Our winters are getting shorter and increasingly, warmer weather means that we cannot open up our winter roads as usual, as we've seen this year. This winter, our roads were late in opening resulting in an increased cost to our communities, delays in resupply, and decreased access to both residents and businesses.
Wally Schumann on Question 90-18(2): Fiscal Benefits From Highway Construction
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 90-18(2): Fiscal Benefits From Highway Construction
Oral Questions
February 29th, 2016
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