B.C. Auditor General John Doyle's July 19 report says the B.C. government has so far been unable to achieve its long-term goals for the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project: improved safety, reliability and capacity.
That project was one of two public-private partnership (P3) schemes in the Sea-to-Sky corridor that Doyle's team audited.
However, Doyle praised Victoria for effectively dividing the design and construction risks of the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project between the government and private-sector partners.
"The concession agreement, with few exceptions, has been effectively managed," Doyle said in his 35-page report, which also provided an audit of the Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant project.
His team concluded that a P3 related to the Britannia Mine water treatment plant met government objectives.
"Government's financial and environmental objectives with the plant are substantially being met," Doyle wrote. "Although, both the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and the Ministry of the Environment must still prepare long-term plans and timelines to show how they expect to achieve their desired outcomes with the Britannia Mine Remediation Project."
The Britannia Mine Remediation Project includes the water treatment plant as a key component.
.jpg;w=120;h=80;mode=crop)