Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier I talked about some of the statistics of driving in the Northwest Territories and with the proper lighting in junctions, etcetera. Mr. Speaker, when we all drive to places like whether you're coming to Yellowknife, you have proper lighting. You go to Behchoko, you look at Rae or Edzo, they got nice proper lighting. The same thing in Fort Providence. And then you go all the way down to Hay River.
Mr. Speaker, at my constituency meeting on May 11th in Fort Resolution, this issue was brought to my attention in regards to proper lighting at junctions. Right now on Highway No. 5 going to Fort Resolution and Highway No. 6 going to Fort Smith, that junction there, we don't have no lighting and my constituent Members are asking if we could get some lighting in that area. Also on the Dettah junction, on Highway No. 4 on the Ingraham Trail, we probably we do need proper lighting in that area.
So, Mr. Speaker, I had a question for the Minister for her response Diane Archie, responsible for power corporation, if they could take a look at this and if they could make a commitment to help us out in this area. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Tu NedheWiilideh. Minister responsible for Infrastructure.
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Infrastructure is moving towards more of a use of the LED lighting on our highways. The Member is speaking of three different highways. So my response back to the Member would be that this summer we will complete a review, the highway junction that the Member's speaking about, to be able to determine what improvements can be made. So if the Member is you know, if we need new lighting on the junctions, then this is something we can look into. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since it's Friday and we're all happy to go home this weekend and that kind of thing, and I'm hoping we have a you know, have a good day for my constituents, so I'm hoping the Minister could seriously take a look at making a commitment to really trying to get this done by this fall. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, yes, we will look into the four different three different junctions; I better not add more work to the department but three different junctions that the Member's talking about and to be able to look at to see what we can do in terms of getting new lighting for their highway. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, I don't have any further questions. But I welcome that and I look forward to seeing the Minister working with us on that and since this is a safety issue for my constituent members. Mahsi.
Thank you. Taken as a comment. Oral questions. Member for Frame Lake.
