Finally, after a board vote, the plan going ahead will see every household in Metro Vancouver paying a fee to complete the project.
The enormous $4-billion cost to complete Metro Vancouver ’s North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant will be shared by every household in the regional district. Metro Vancouver The board went in circles at times, running through more than half a dozen different plans, and couldn’t agree on various motions.Finally, after a board vote, the plan going ahead will see every household in Vancouver paying $150 over a 15-year period to complete the project.
“The North Shore is now having to pick up this extra additional cost because a project has gone significantly sideways … broken,” Lisa Muri, a North Vancouver District councillor, said during the meeting.“That is not equity. That is not fair to any of us.” The board has been trying to come up with a fair way to divide up the remaining costs of this project among taxpayers.
North Shore municipal leaders are not pleased with the task at hand, with at least one councillor calling for an independent audit. Metro Vancouver staff will now be looking at how to allocate this into the budget when it is brought in the fall for approval.
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