Question 101-18(2): Highway 1 Maintenance  The Department of Transportation has divided the highway system in the NWT into four sections. We have the South Slave, the Fort Simpson section, the North Slave region, and the Inuvik Region. The boundaries for each regional operation are based on a range of factors such as oper

Question 101-18(2): Highway 1 Maintenance  All highways in the Northwest Territories are of great concern to the Department of Transportation and we take maintaining and looking after them very seriously. If the Member, or any resident of the Northwest Territories, has a concern with our highway system, they can always ge

Question 107-18(2): Status Of Thaidene Nene Park Developement  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and the Member is correct. Interim land withdrawal is expiring in the coming days, but we have applied to renew that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 107-18(2): Status Of Thaidene Nene Park Developement  The Territorial Parks Act is actually under the banner of ITI, but we will be looking at bringing that forward with him and it's something in the mandate of this 18th Assembly.

Question 107-18(2): Status Of Thaidene Nene Park Developement  That is something we would have to confirm. As I said, it falls under the department of ITI, but we can look into it and get back to the Member.

Question 107-18(2): Status Of Thaidene Nene Park Developement  This is something that the department is still working on with all Aboriginal governments and partners, including Parks Canada and people in the general public, so what the park and who controls what in the end is still not a final decision. That’s something that we will continue

Question 109-18(2): Highway 1 Maintenance  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can assure the Member I will look into the matter, and as I stated earlier in the House today until we make a decision on the Member's concerns, they can phone the 1-800 number or get a hold of myself. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 109-18(2): Highway 1 Maintenance  I can talk to my department to see about how we can address his concerns, but in the meantime we'll have to have a look internally what we're going to do with this.

Question 114-18(2): Dempster Highway Delineators And Signage  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Reconstruction on the Dempster Highway has been in progress for the last several years, and the Department has spent numerous amounts of money on widening and doing significant safety improvements on that section of the highway, but due to last year's exce

Question 114-18(2): Dempster Highway Delineators And Signage  Additional maintenance work is planned for the complete section from the Dempster to the McPherson-Peel River section. We will be looking at all the signage and delineators as work continues this year on the widening of the highway.

Question 114-18(2): Dempster Highway Delineators And Signage  Time permitting, I would gladly take up the Member's offer to take me out to the Dempster.

Question 123-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Bundle number two the Member is referring to has gone through the process in the government system. We are waiting for approval from the federal government on bundle number two and we're hoping to hear by late June. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 123-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we are in plan to bring that forward through the process.

Question 123-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  The Member is correct. The department carried out and had a consultant have an engineering evaluation done on all the bridges. Through that evaluation process, the consultants provided various options for the cycle, the cost analysis on the replacement or rehabilitation of these

Question 123-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  As I said, we took a look at this and we're moving ahead with the rehabilitation process. As far as the funding for the Buffalo River Bridge, that's already been approved by Infrastructure Canada and work planning is already currently underway to proceed with that project. A numb