Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Project planning for the upcoming winter road season.

Mr. Speaker, winter is upon us, and the winter roads construction and maintenance will be starting soon. Mr. Speaker, preparations are needed for the high volume of expected traffic. Mr. Speaker, the Sahtu resupply grocers, projects, the LTL truck loads will be into the hundreds. We have our window. It is short and one only.

Mr. Speaker, the community of Fort Good Hope has secured financing and land for their home manufacturing construction centre. The inland communities of Deline and Colville Lake, the annual fuel resupply is well over and beyond a hundred truck loads. The GNWT fuel supplies are in four of five communities. Mr. Speaker, in addition, the commercial industrial community of Norman Wells will include truck loads well into the hundreds. More importantly, we cannot overlook and undermine our public safety obligations.

Mr. Speaker, project logistics and planning are essential to assuring, maintaining schedules, budgets, and safety. It is critical for project assurances our next schedule House sitting is February 5, 2025. We cannot wait. Winter road construction on average starts the later part of November.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, the last winter road season, the Minister of Infrastructure supported a similar engagement to expedite consultation with the stakeholders. I will have questions to the appropriate Minister later. Thank you. Mahsi.