Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve got a few questions for the Minister of Transportation related to the Deh Cho Bridge Project. I’m wondering if the Minister could advise the House whether or not any steel has shown up at Fort Providence for the construction of that bridge. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Michael McLeod
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The answer is yes. The steel has started to arrive in Hay River and some of the steel has been delivered to the community of Fort Providence. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister if he could provide the House with the answer on when all the steel will show up in Fort Providence and construction of the superstructure will begin in earnest. Thank you.
We expect all the steel to be coming in batches over the winter and construction should be starting in earnest on the superstructure right away. We plan to have all the material for the superstructure on site by the spring of this coming year. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister, if the construction audit that was performed on the Deh Cho Bridge is concluded, when might it get in front of committee for purview. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, I don’t have an exact date. The report, as I indicated the last time the Member asked questions, is under review and we’re doing reconciliation. As soon as that’s done and concluded, we can provide it to the Members. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Your final supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before the construction begins on the superstructure, I hope that the construction audit is concluded and distributed to Members so we can see what is included in the construction audit. As well, the Auditor General’s review of the project, when is that scheduled to be concluded and presented to the House? Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, there are a couple of questions there. The question on the Auditor General’s report is something that we have been working on with the Auditor General. We provided material over the last while to the Auditor General. The indications are that the report will come out this spring. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.
