Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
225 to 230? Can the Minister confirm -- and again, I'm not sure, and I don't have that in front of me -- what section that is on the Dempster Highway.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you. I certainly appreciate that. And I know the drivers and residents driving that highway regularly will also appreciate it, Mr. Chair. Can he also give me kind of an overview of Highway No. 10, the highway upgrades and rehabilitation. I believe that's the Inuvik to Tuk highway.
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Vince McKay Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Highway No. 10 reconstruction project addresses ongoing challenges along the ITH, including potholes and dips, loosening base course and surface gravel, soft shoulders, permafrost degradation, surface rutting, water overflowing, ponding, and exposure of subgrades on slopes. And it's along the entire stretch of the ITH where there are issues. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, and thank you for that answer. I appreciate it. So that does include then -- because I know we had some issues, obviously where there were the -- the road actually needed to be brought up. We needed some grade in there. There was some issues with -- obviously with flooding and also issues with the snow build-up there. So this now -- this work now that was intended to kind of take care of that, I understand in the initial contract, that was -- it was initially going to be built to that level but then we had to do some cutbacks as we often do in major contracts but now that will now take care of that issue of the flooding and the build-up of snow in that area. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Vince McKay Hay River South
Yeah, it sounds like more of a comment. And I agree, that's a lot of the work that's being done there. Thank you.
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Kieron Testart Range Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Highway No. 4 reconstruction, I've had a number of constituents who have experienced some very concerning safety issues on that highway over the summer, including a loss of life, and I'm quite concerned about the condition of the highway and just how the maintenance is undertaken that is leading to some very tricky sections of the road. There's been concerns about lack of proper signage -- or sorry, not lack of proper signage, but where the signage is placed isn't always as visible as it could be, etcetera. Anyway, so on this case, can we hear about what the upgrades and rehabilitation are going to result in overall improvements? Thank you.
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Vince McKay Hay River South
Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. There's quite a bit of work being done on Highway No. 4. There's a widening, there's culverts being installed, improved drainage. So general maintenance and full improvements to the highway in that section there. Thank you.
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Kieron Testart Range Lake
Thank you. And how long is the intended work going to take? Is this a larger multi-year project or something that's just going to occur in the next fiscal year? Thank you.
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Vince McKay Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is scheduled for the next two years essentially, this year and the next. Thank you.
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