David Krutko

Mr. Abernethy.

Again, we are speculating on the numbers here, but I think it’s something that we have to do at some point, realizing that we have two options. One is to increase the tolls. The other is that the government will have to put more revenues in to offset the costs associated with paying down the debt. I’d like to ask the Minister of Transportation, do we have any accurate numbers today on exactly what the traffic volumes are now and projected going forward, including the possibility of losing 2,000 vehicles here off these numbers going forward due to the Taltson project moving forward and the...

Minister of Transportation.

Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I believe the agreement was we would allow everybody to make their general comments then we would ask for questions to the Minister, but we will have an opportunity to rebut your general comments after the Ministers have responded to the questions they are being asked now. You will have time to debate the response after we hear back from the Ministers on your questions now. So to be fair to the other Members, I think we’ll just keep going through the other Members, because we still have five Members on the list.

Minister of Transportation.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not too sure who is going to take the question, either the Premier or the Minister of Transportation, but my question is directed at the revenues that we are going to have to drive to pay down the debt for the Deh Cho Bridge. They are going to be used as tolls on the Deh Cho Bridge, which I believe is somewhere in the range of $9 million. This government is going to put in about $4 million coming from the ferry operation plus $2.7 million or $2.2 million. Out of that, one thing I heard is we’re seeing a decrease in traffic on Highway No. 3. This decrease means that...

Minister of Transportation.

Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. General comments. Next I have Mrs. Groenewegen.