Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is correct; we have delineators up there at present. Right now, we're doing a planning including a survey and design work is currently under way for the installation of guardrails at that particular site, and also at kilometre 13.5 in 2018-2019. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for informing us of that, and that's good to know. Just for clarification, kilometre 13.5, is that the corner prior to the one I was describing that is also a similar downhill steep corner? I guess for popular reference there's a beaver dam there with a Canadian flag sticking out of it. We had a major accident there back in early 2000s. Is that the corner we're talking about? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe so. That is the spot. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Now I want to move over to I believe we're still calling it a section of Highway No. 4. It's the entranceway into town, coming into town right here. It was part of the Ingraham Trail once upon a time. I'm not sure if we've re-determined a name for that section of the road.

Can the Minister inform us of the ongoing discussions or potential possibilities of the City of Yellowknife taking over this stretch of road? What other improvements as well are being identified for pedestrian safety on that road, in particular from the four-way stop by the Explorer Hotel to the new Nova Hotel entrance? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, on the crosswalk right outside here by the Assembly, by the Nova Hotel, that should all be installed by November 1st. The crosswalk should be put into place. We're in ongoing discussions with the City of Yellowknife on them taking over this section of highway, but we are also trying with the City of Yellowknife to figure out a sidewalk along this section of highway, and those discussions are ongoing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and all that information is well appreciated. Just again quickly, a point of clarification: whereabouts are we talking about in terms of the sidewalk? Would it be on the side that the Explorer Hotel and Nova are on, or are we talking about the YK Motors side? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Twenty seconds, Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The engineering department is looking at putting a sidewalk on the Explorer side. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Vanthuyne, nothing further from you? I see nothing. Oh, I have Mr. McNeely on my list. Mr. McNeely.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's more of a comment here. I understand on the issue of capital that one of the bridges that was talked about years ago was the Oscar Creek bridge 30 kilometres north of Norman Wells on the application. Now the application has come to this entrance in accounting for it, so I'm satisfied I'm going to get a little piece of the pie. After all the discussions about highways, I feel kind of lost here; and boats. I don't have a boat yet, but nevertheless we'll move on.

All in all, Mr. Chair, I'm quite satisfied with the capital being presented and the avenues to ensure capital allowance and progress and capitalization of funding agencies available such as the Build Canada Fund and tapping into the P3 private financing of projects. I kind of know a little bit about it, and I see that as a nice source of financing available to people and organizations across Canada. Mahsi.

Thank you. Comments, Minister?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to update the Member, because I know this Oscar Creek bridge has come up a couple of times. In 2017-2018 we're going to do pre-engineered design for a new foundation and access, and tender and award that. Then in 2018-2019 we are going to construct and move the existing bridge to the Mackenzie Valley highway alignment and proceed with that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Anything further? Nothing further from Mr. McNeely. Having no one further on my list, I will call this activity. Page 44, Infrastructure, asset management, infrastructure investments, $129,012,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Moving on to page 47, programs and services, with additional information on page 48. Any comments or questions from committee? Seeing none, I will call this page. Infrastructure, programs and services, infrastructure investments, $4,090,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Please return to page 43. Infrastructure, total capital estimates, $133,102,000. Does committee agree?