Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I mentioned this in the House before, you know, and when I come to Yellowknife I go for a drive. I go for a drive down Ingraham Trail. I drive around, and it's so nice to be able to drive on chip seal and pavement, even out to your campgrounds. So, you know, I want to take this time to just explain a little bit about what goes on in my community.
This summer the constituency of Inuvik had a lot of work done occurring on our Dempster Highway widening project. Not only did two of the local contractors from the region bid on it but were successful in an open process to do this work. And it looks like those two sections were completed on time and on budget from what I'm hearing. Road construction contracts in my community and my region are vital to keeping local contractors providing jobs to our local residents which keeps the food on the table and the lights on. Mr. Speaker, part of the work that was completed this summer was the widening of the Marine Bypass Road. And I must say, Mr. Speaker, a job well done by the contractor and the department on that section.
Mr. Speaker, the bypass road in Inuvik is not only used by vehicles but it's also used by the people out for walks, exercise, as well as other recreational activities. I can say even as far back some of my colleagues in here remember PE class where we had to run the 5 kilometre run in the school at the bypass. So it's used for many, many different activities. Now that the snow has started to fall at home, you can hardly notice the one complaint that we all have at that part of the road for about five months of the year, Mr. Speaker, mud and dust. Mud and dust.
That is something that is so common to us up in the Delta. The dust some days carries throughout the town and can be a nuisance, can even creep in -- it does creep into all of our homes when the windows are left open. It can also be a real safety issue for vehicles and pedestrians alike. Flying rocks can also be very dangerous for the people that use this portion of the road. And that's not even talking about the mud that occurs when it rains. It also makes it very dangerous.
Mr. Speaker, today I'll have questions for the Minister, and I'll be looking for a commitment to finally chip seal or pave that portion of the road, Mr. Speaker, so that our residents of Inuvik can enjoy it to the fullest and finally put an end to the annoying, dangerous, unhealthy cloud of dust, flying rocks and mud, that the residents of Inuvik face every year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.