Partnerships B.C.

Posted by Bill Bourlet

Mark Liedeman spoke on the Public Private partnerships that have been running in the Province for the last 10 years.

They call for the design, consultation, finance and long-term maintenance of major projects.

They have done 35 projects so far. The private sector builds and maintains them but the Provence still owns them.

The Provence spends 6 Billion a year with %25 of that in Public Private partnership. The rest is spent in the traditional way.

Typically the larger projects are well suited to this method.

12 Billion has been spent this way so far.

Some examples are Sea to Sky hwy, W.R. Bennett floating Bridge in Kelowna, Kicking Horse Canyon Bridge, South Fraser Way Perimeter Road. Mainly for the larger trucks.

On the Island they have built Royal Jubilee Health Centre and here in Abbotsford a new General Hospital and in Surrey an Outpatient centre.

A new Cancer treatment centre in Prince George and a new hospital in Fort St John.

The speaker was thanked by Davinder.