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Thank you. The Member is correct; that was for the Deh Cho Bridge, the remains there are $6,000 and that’s chargeback expenses. Thank you.
Madam Chair, we continue to work on the Road Safety Plan. It is still a work in progress. As to the date, I would be guessing. As soon as it’s done we’ll be back before committee with that plan. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member knows that we haven’t gotten the approvals back from the federal government, and the Member also is well aware of the fact that the Department of Transportation appeared before the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning two weeks ago, and provided a thorough update on what the risks were and where the project numbers were at.
Most would be a year but it’s a cycle where you would have to go through the accreditation. Yes, most cases are on an annual basis.
Thank you, Madam Chair. There is a reduction of $2.4 million as it relates to the Deh Cho Bridge and the Merv Hardie ferry. We are going to be making some decisions on perhaps relocating the Merv Hardie ferry to Tsiigehtchic. Those discussions are underway and we’re doing the analysis now. We wouldn’t have any plans to dispose of another ferry.
That would be the Department of Transportation.
Thank you, Madam Chair. As soon as decisions are made, the approvals come in from the federal government. We want to stand behind this project. We want the public to know fully what the Government of the Northwest Territories intends to do with this project, how we’re going to build the highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. So we will be forthcoming with information as it becomes available to us. Again, we aren’t quite there yet. We have to get approvals. We have to get the funding agreement from the federal government. But I promised the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning an...
Madam Chair, that’s the first that has been brought to my attention. If the Member has some specifics of people waiting an inordinate amount of time to be licensed or to have a test, I would be more than happy to try and address those concerns if his constituents or others are having those types of difficulties. I haven’t heard those concerns personally. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Government of the Northwest Territories is monitoring the situation in the Yukon. We have to continue to analyze the implications of this decision over the next little while, and we certainly have to be cognizant of the implications that it could have here in the Northwest Territories. We are following this and we are paying close attention to what’s happening in the Yukon.
Thank you, Madam Chair. There would be separate documents but we certainly rely on community emergency plans and anything we do at airports in communities.