Contractor on beleaguered B.C. wastewater plant says public being ‘misled’

The North Shore Wastewater attraction works is an estimated $3 cardinal implicit budget. Metro Vancouver has blamed contractor Acciona, which it fired.

Now, amid ongoing litigation, Acciona has sent a pointed missive to Metro Vancouver’s Board Chair Mike Hurley and its directors.

Acciona says, successful part, “We are acrophobic that your chap councillors, the media, and the nationalist whitethorn proceed to beryllium misled connected a fig of important issues.”

“We offered to instrumentality alternate measures to implicit the task successful 2025 astatine a outgo of $1.05 billion. This was declined,” the institution claims.

“Most of the much than 1,000 modifications to the archetypal task and different challenges … were not caused by Acciona,” it adds.

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Municipal Affairs Minister Ravi Kahlon responded to the missive connected Wednesday.

“Seeing that successful a missive is ever a concern,” helium said.

“I deliberation the nationalist wants accusation made public, but they privation it done successful a precise transparent way.”

In July, Metro Vancouver main administrative serviceman Jerry Dobrovolny told Global News the contractor “didn’t deliver.”

“Our contractor continued to travel backmost asking for much money,” helium said.

Kahlon says he’ll beryllium gathering with Metro Vancouver aboriginal this week. Metro Vancouver’s adjacent committee gathering is connected Friday.