Tourism Minister Melanie Mark on Wednesday released the much-anticipated business case to justify the $789 million price tag for what will be the most expensive museum in Canadian history in straight, uninflated dollars.
Premier John Horgan was not at the press conference. He has faced a barrage of criticism for announcing the plan to close and replace the 54-year-old museum without any public consultation and without a design for the new building.Article content Significant portions of the 109-page business case are blacked out, including redactions on the capital cost breakdown of each of the project’s components. The indicative design is also blacked out.
That report found that completing every seismic upgrade and flood mitigation identified in the report would cost $129.7 million and the total cost to build an entirely new museum on the same site is $407.5 million. The planning team shortlisted 20 sites that were close to downtown and had land large enough to accommodate the new building. It was ultimately determined that there were no viable alternatives for a new museum in the downtown core other than the existing site.Article content
The government’s timeline for the project says public engagement will start this fall, after the closure of the current museum. That’s also when the government will begin the procurement process for the new building.Article content
The dysfunctional combination of bcndp and federal liberal government is putting the sharpe edge of various layers of taxes on middle class taxpayers throat
Middle class tax payers are getting to the edge and living off the minimum. We are seeing our professional Canadian friends have already cut on expenses. Why not government taking such measures? Reducing government staffs and expenses!
Where’s the money coming from ? What tax are you going to increase ? Carbon ? Gas ? Transit ? Ahhh , your gonna cancel the Olympic bid ? Maybe cancel the tunnel project ? You do know people are struggling , may as well tax the air we breath .
Ignore the jjhorgan mandate to make it a non-union project and bring it in at $10 million at half the time.
So 1.5bil
Who cares why?!? It shouldn’t get done!! The most expensive museum in Canadian history?!? Come on!! Enough is enough. We have people who can’t afford the rent that is increasing or the gas that is increasing. Or find a doctor that are decreasing! jjhorgan outoftouch Stop this!!
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