Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At the beginning of this Assembly, we came together to agree on several key priorities to focus on during our term. One of those key priorities is ensuring the safety of residents and communities. While territorial-wide dangers like disasters and crime often come to mind when we think about public safety, but we're also hear to solve public safety challenges which is unique to our communities as well.
A challenge to public safety my constituents uniquely face is the lack of junction lights on Highway No. 5 on the way to Fort Resolution. Without these lights, drivers often miss the turnoff on Highway No. 5 towards Fort Smith in the dark. My constituents fear worse than that. However, they feel it is only a matter of time a vehicle could collide with one another in and out of the turn towards Fort Smith. This is specifically a concern during the winter months when it's dark. Nights are long and freezing conditions could reduce a driver's ability to react and take evasive action.
My constituents raised this issue to my office often, and I agree with them. The lack of lights at this junction poses a serious threat to drivers yet when I raised this last chamber, I am told that these concerns have been flagged or studied enough for a solution to be considered. How many studies do we have to have to build a set of lights at the junction? Surely, we do not have to wait for a serious accident to take place before the Minister takes action. If an accident happened before the lights are set up, our priority for safety committees would not have been upheld for my constituents. I will have questions for the Minister at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Members' statements. Member from Monfwi.
