A company involved in a legal conflict with Metro Vancouver over the North Shore Wastewater Management Plant was chosen to build the Surrey Langley Skytrain station.
Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., part of the South Fraser Station Partners, has been selected as a successful bidder to build eight new stations, including cycling and walking paths around the new stations.
The Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project is a 16-kilometre extension of the Expo Line from King George Station to Langley City Centre, the first rapid-transit expansion south of the Fraser River in 30 years.
After massive cost overruns and delays, Metro Vancouver and Acciona are suing each other over the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project will now cost $3.86 billion, far higher than its initial cost tag of $100 million. In 2022, Acciona filed a claim in court seeking more than $250 million in damages for Metro Vancouver’s termination of the project.
Metro Vancouver filed a response in June 2022 to Acciona’s claim regarding the termination of their contract to design and build the plant and issued a counterclaim against Acciona and related companies. Metro Vancouver’s damages in the counterclaim amount to $500 million. This amount includes but is not limited to, transition costs to a new contractor, repair costs for deficient design and construction by Acciona, and increased costs to finish the project.
Last week, Metro Vancouver said it plans to start construction on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program following a thorough review conducted by a Metro Vancouver Board Task Force.
Metro Vancouver commissioned three separate cost estimates, considering market conditions, inflation, interest rates, and the engagement of a new contractor. Based on this analysis, Metro Vancouver estimates the cost to be $3.86 billion. In an update, Metro Vancouver said the treatment plant is expected to be substantially completed by 2030.
District of North Vancouver Councillor Catherine Pope has called for a public enquiry into the North Shore wastewater treatment plans fiasco.
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