Friday, October 3, 2025

Metro Vancouver slashes sewage plant cost by $3.9B but risks long-term bill

The costs of the new 'alternative plan' are expected to save money over the next 15 years but balloon several billion dollars higher after that. https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/metro-vancouver-slashes-sewage-plant-cost-by-39b-but-risks-long-term-bill-11303969 

So much money down the toilet when it could have gone towards longer trains and wider bridges. Instead of having a proper regional express bus network with a series of bus bridges, busses are forced onto the mostly existing narrow bridges.