As I said, the community is responsible for the construction of the ice crossing through a service contract that they have with the Government of the Northwest Territories. Once an ice crossing is constructed and ice thickness can handle heavy equipment, specialized ice road construction equipment, such as the Sno-Cats and plow trucks, are brought in either from Fort Simpson or Fort Liard. The reason we do this is because the Nahanni Butte Dene band doesn't have this equipment in place. We're there to help them if they were to go out and purchase this type of equipment, that we would certainly look at handing over this portion of the contract to them.
Wally Schumann on Question 557-18(3): Ice Crossings
In the Legislative Assembly on February 13th, 2019. See this statement in context.
Question 557-18(3): Ice Crossings
Oral Questions
February 13th, 2019
Page 4861
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