Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Transportation. The Minister of Transportation and I had a visit in Deline last year and we talked about the safety of the lake and we did talk about the concept of the road going around a section of the lake to hook up to the winter road on the other side of the Bear River.
Is that concept still alive within this department as to the wishes of the people of Deline?
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister of Transportation, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member speaks about the road that would go around the arm that’s near Deline, as opposed to going straight across. For sure, if there was an all-season road across there, that would be something that would be good for even the speed with which we put the winter road in.
I guess the issue is there also has to be, in order to gain access to that side during the winter months, we’d have to cross the Bear River to get to that all-season road that they’re wishing to build. The community looked at that as one of the possibilities in case there was a viable way to put hydro on the Bear River and they felt that that was the ideal location. So they would build a road to it. It would take money, we recognize that. It’s about a $20 million project that the community is looking at. It would be looked at along with other major access road projects that the region is looking at. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Moses.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to follow up with more questions to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, but it seems like he’s stepped out for a second. So please put me back on the list, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. The list is done. Mr. Moses.
