"A mistake has clearly been made here and it is in the power of the Minister to rectify this situation if he chooses to do so," said Barrett. "We are talking about a road with 16 families who have invested thousands of dollars in their homes with the belief that their road would continue to be maintained as it was in the past. Now they have found out, due to some arbitrary cost savings measure introduced by this government that the road they live on will not be maintained and the snow will not be cleared. This is clearly unreasonable and I intend to keep up the fight to have this issue addressed."

The government announced in the budget this year that they would not be maintaining or clearing snow from cabin roads. As part of this policy, the department incorrectly included Old Mill Road in Goobies as a seasonal road. The Minister has told the residents they will have to form an association or corporation to collect fees to clear and maintain the road they live on. In the House of Assembly, Barrett asked why no other local service district in this province is expected to do this and why there is a double standard for Old Mill Road.

"Why is this road not being maintained as the other two roads in Goobies are? Furthermore why is it not being maintained in the same way as roads in the other 184 local service districts?"

"I think it is time for the Premier to get involved in this issue. It seems to me that the Minister has made a mistake and now does not want to admit it. The only way to clarify this situation is for the Premier to get involved."