Debates of February 6, 2025 (day 39)

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Question 440-20(1): 2025 Sahtu Winter Road Resupply

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my four questions today is to the Minister of Infrastructure on the Sahtu winter road resupply and public safety, to some degree, survival.

My first question to the Minister of Infrastructure is how is it the Department of Infrastructure monitoring this heavy traffic north of Fort Wrigley? Mahsi.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from the Sahtu. Minister of Infrastructure.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, monitoring and planning, really, for the monitoring began back, I would actually say last year. We obviously went through a difficult resupply last year and had to develop pretty good connections with the trucking community, with those on the other end on the receiving on the supply side. It went well. And starting this summer and through the fall, we rekindled those connections. So the monitoring is happening both by our staff as well as by making sure we have those contacts. We have extra folks on the entire stretch of winter road in order to make sure that we are keeping an eye on what is happening, and also we're monitoring the number of fuel trucks and trucks of all sorts that are going on the road starting all the way from Enterprise and, again, going all the way through for the entire network. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thanks to the Minister for that information here. My next question: Will the Minister make available weekly fuel delivery schedules? I've got that report coming from Imperial so if I can monitor for myself interest of the scheduled deliveries. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I receive a regular weekly report on what's been delivered, and I'm more than happy to make sure I do try to send that out to MLAs but I will, again, certainly make my best efforts to do that now.

As far as the schedule of deliveries, I'm certainly quite happy to ask that the department try to do that. I also am receiving the one from Imperial. With respect to the ones from fuel services division, the same folks typically that are actually doing the resupply would then be the ones having to issue out the schedule so there, at times, might be some delays getting that out but certainly happy to make some best efforts in that regard so people can plan their travel accordingly. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Final supplementary. Member from Sahtu.

I really want to thank the Minister for providing those measures. This window is going to close in another seven weeks, so we got to make sure that we have the schedule and monitor the schedule. My last question here will be, to the Minister, provide advanced notices to my office and the public travellers for the transportation of the Colville Lake school wide dimensional loads. Mahsi.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from the Sahtu. That will be your final supplementary question. Minister of Finance -- or Infrastructure. Same.

Mr. Speaker, I am very closely watching this, as is my colleague Minister Cleveland, and we'll be more than happy to provide notice to the MLA and will then also have it up on social media so the public knows when it's happening. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister of Infrastructure. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.