We're in the final completion stages of a recreation centre. When done, the value of the recreation centre will be in excess of $80 million. This is the complete backbone of our community. Our rec centre does everything but give birth. Actually our rec centre is used for all community events, including funerals. We have yet to have a maternity ward put in there, but the rest of the life of a northerner, especially in this community, is entirely in our rec centre.
Our oil and gas industry has contributed extensively to a lot of our rural aspects such as road use, road development, and advancement of roads to the point of being paved. Most of it is to service the oil and gas industry.
Our water system in Fort Nelson is largely supported by the oil and gas industry, as they purchase water in large amounts for use in their camps. This is strictly potable water that is purchased from the community, and with the amount paid by the oil industry, the community was able to increase the service and quality of water supplied, and it isn't completely done by taxation. It's done through contributions by the oil companies as they pay for the water they use.
All industrial development in Fort Nelson basically relies on the oil and gas industry. We have created industrial subdivisions that are the backbone of our taxation. This taxation offsets the amount paid by private individuals, so the oil companies are contributing quite extensively to our tax base. It has allowed the community to advance quite extensively, especially in the communications aspect, where we now have cell service in the northeast corner of B.C. that extends to the Northwest Territories and the Alberta border. These stations were all installed because of the oil and gas industry, and many citizens rely on all these services that are put in because every service that the oil and gas industry establishes also has a component in there for private use.