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February 2008 part 2

Posted by Steven Hurdle on April 2, 2008

Following on the heels of the January summary, and the first half of February, this is the second half of the February 2008 stories of note.

A Colwood resident made an astute observation
Implications of the interchange loan

Many wondered who was going to end up paying for the massive police response, and it raised questions about the fiscal accountability of our elected officials
City of Langford Again Abandoned Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility in Massive Police Response

Another instance of the same letter appearing in two different forms, with more notable differences this time
No point in suing penniless protesters

The month ended with the news that one of Bear Mountain’s partners was suing the Bear Mountain Master Partnership
Skirt Mountain condo developer sues Bear Mountain

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Road costs more than doubled then… but are cheaper than ever now?

Posted by Steven Hurdle on April 2, 2008

   In the recent Globe and Mail article on Bear Mountain, this quote caught my eye:

“But Barrie was running out of money. His cost estimates, he realized, had been way out of whack: He’d budgeted $8.5 million for the golf course; it ended up coming in at $18 million. Building roads, he’d figured, would eat up $5 million; they cost double that. B.C.’s hot construction market was partly to blame.”

   Now that’s interesting.  The anticipated cost of the interchange was recently reduced by $5.5 million from a worst-case estimate made three years earlier, despite the fact that construction costs had risen a lot during that time.  Now, casting our eye a bit further back to when construction costs were even cheaper still, the Globe and Mail Article suggests Read the rest of this entry »

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