The Alaska Highway is Yukon’s most important transportation link – to our communities and to the world beyond our borders. It is the artery through which we import and export goods. It is Yukon’s Main Street for welcoming tourists driving to and from Alaska. The Alaska Highway is the local road for thousands of Yukoners who drive it on a daily basis to get to work or operate their business.

As Copperbelt South MLA and highways critic for the Yukon NDP Official Opposition I travel the highway daily. I submit the following on the Alaska Highway Whitehorse Corridor Draft Functional Plan.