Provincial Major Projects List Inaccurate
By 250 News
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 04:00 AM
Graph shows region's building permits ( blue) compared to provincial permits ( red)
Prince George, B.C. – The Province has released the latest Major Projects Inventory report, and it shows there isn’t too much on the books for the Prince George area which is classified as the Cariboo Development region.
The report shows that in the first quarter of this year, there were no new projects proposed or started in the region and the only one on the books as “completed” is the expansion of the Prince George Airport.
While the report boasts that “Eight hundred and ninety-two major capital projects, worth an estimated $184.2 billion, were planned or underway across B.C. between January and March 2009” the accuracy of that statement must be challenged. There are some glaring errors just in the Prince George figures. One project is listed twice under two names (adding $42 million to the construction total) and the Cameron Street Bridge project is listed as being worth $35 million, when the actual construction cost will come in under $10 million.
Outside the lower mainland, projects have to be worth $15 million or more to be on the list.
Here are the projects in the Prince George area which are already on the books. *Note, although some have cost estimates, those estimates may be outdated.
Proposed:
|
Project
|
Value
|
On the Books Since
|
Completion Date
|
|
Interior Waste to Energy Project
|
?
|
Dec 2008
|
?
|
|
Performing Arts Centre
|
$51 million
|
Dec 2008
|
2010
|
|
Mt. George Wind park
|
$100 million
|
Mar 2008
|
?
|
|
PGP Bio Energy Project
|
?
|
Mar 2008
|
?
|
|
Cancer Centre
|
$100 Million
|
Dec 2007
|
2012
|
|
Coast Inn of the North
|
$15 million
|
Dec 2006
|
?
|
|
Museum Expansion
|
$28 million
|
Dec 2006
|
?
|
|
Golf Club relocation
|
$15 million
|
Dec 2006
|
?
|
|
RCMP Headquarters
|
$30 million
|
Dec 2006
|
2010
|
|
Groundhog Coal Fields
|
$200 million
|
June 2006
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
|
On Hold:
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Project
|
Value
|
On the Books Since
|
Completion Date
|
|
Giscome Quarry and Lime
|
$373 million
|
Dec 2007
|
?
|
Construction Started:*
|
Project
|
Value
|
On the Books Since
|
Completion Date
|
|
Gateway Residential Care
|
$42 million
|
Dec 2008
|
Summer 2009
|
|
Cameron Street Bridge
|
$35 million ( actual cost is under $10 million)
|
Dec 2006
|
Summer 2009
|
|
Sandman Hotel
|
$15
|
Dec 2006
|
Nov 2009
|
|
Duchess Park Secondary School Replacement
|
$37 million
|
June 2005
|
Feb 2010
|
|
Cariboo Connector
|
$241 million
|
June 2005
|
2011
|
*It should be noted the report lists the Gateway residential project twice, once as being a project by Northern Health, and again as being a project by Chartwell Seniors Housing. Chartwell has not been involved since BEFORE construction got underway.
Completed:
Prince George Airport Expansion Project valued at $36 million dollars.
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Posted by: gus on June 24 2009 8:21 AM
The big disappointment IMO is the Giscome lime rock quarry not yet going ahead. That IMO, next to bio-energy, is the biggest potential future economic driver in our region.