MR. SPEAKER:
Further petitions?
The hon. the Opposition House
Leader.
I ask the hon. Opposition House
Leader if he would be mindful of the clock.
MR. KELVIN PARSONS:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
WHEREAS
the Department of Transportation and Works of the
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is responsible
for the funding and maintenance of roads in the
community of Cape Ray, in the Province of Newfoundland
and Labrador; and
WHEREAS
the roads at Cape Ray are in a deplorable condition,
including the road leading from the community to the J.T.
Cheeseman Provincial Park; and
WHEREAS
the citizens of Cape Ray demand that the roads be
upgraded;
WHEREUPON
the undersigned, your petitioners, humbly pray and call
upon the House of Assembly to urge government to provide
sufficient funding to complete the necessary repairs to
the roads at Cape Ray.
Mr. Speaker, this is the fourth or
fifth time I have entered this petition on behalf of
those residents in Cape Ray and, indeed, all the users
from that area and tourists who visit our area.
The Department of Transportation
and Works uses the road themselves, it is adjoining a
provincial park. It is in a deplorable condition and we
would ask the minister to please take it under
consideration and hopefully, he can find a few loads of
sand even and a grader to get rid of the potholes that
are there. It is not a long stretch of road. Indeed, it
is only about a kilometre or so long and it could be
repaired very quickly but somebody needs to give
direction to have it done. Without the direction from
the department in here, they are not prepared to do it
on the ground out there, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you.
