Whereas Highway 97 is the longest transportation corridor in the Americas running North South, from Alaska, through the Yukon Territory, into British Columbia, the United States of America, Mexico and South America; And whereas although we recognize that there have been significant upgrades to parts of Highway 97, it still requires safety upgrades, better maintenance and repairs, expansion of, and infrastructure development, to facilitate the stated goals of both the provincial and federal governments for transporting goods, like agriculture products, forestry resources, minerals and other mining extractions to international markets, along with accesses need to kept open for oil, gas and hydro right of ways; And whereas alternative routes are necessary when sections of the main Highway are closed like the Quesnel - Hixon and Durrell Roads, relief from bottlenecks near cities like Quesnel new route around Quesnel and Replace the Taylor River Bridge, and safety in all weather conditions for the general motoring public and truck transportation: Therefore be it resolved that NCLGA, UBCM, and FCM work with both the Province of British Columbia and the Federal Government of Canada to maintain, repair, upgrade road safety issues, and expand and develop the road infrastructure of Highway 97.
