Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations
Honourable Paul Ramsey, Minister
This electronic version is for informational purposes only.
The printed version remains the official version.
Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations Honourable Paul Ramsey, Minister |
This electronic version is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official version. |
|
|
|
Report B: FISCAL REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
TABLE B13
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROJECTS
| Completed in 1999/00 (partial list) | |
| Education facilities | |
| | school construction in Kelowna, Langley, Alexis Creek, Armstrong and Campbell River. |
| Health facilities | |
| | upgrade to Bulkley Lodge in Smithers; |
| | construction of Zion Park Manor in Surrey; |
| | construction of an addition and renovations to Royal Arch Masonic Home in Vancouver; and |
| | replacement of Taylor Manor in Vancouver. |
| Justice facilities | |
| | construction of an addition to Ford Mountain Correctional Centre in Chilliwack. |
| Roads and transportation | |
| | realignment of Highway 1 through Sumas-Vedder (Abbotsford); |
| | construction of Monte Creek Interchange on Highway 1 (Kamloops); |
| | construction of an interchange at the intersection of Highway 97 and Glenrosa in Westbank; |
| | reconstruction of Highway 97 from Honeymoon Creek to Bijoux Falls near McLeod Lake; and |
| | Vancouver Wharves terminal upgrade including the agri-products facility and new loop rail track. |
| Power generation | |
| | completion of the Stave Falls power plant replacement project to meet growing demand in the Lower Mainland; and |
| | permanent upgrades to transmission line towers damaged by high snowpack pressure. |
| 2000/01 capital projects (partial list) | |
| Education facilities | |
| | school construction in Burnaby, Victoria, Surrey, Chilliwack, Kelowna, Prince George, Richmond, Sooke, Cobble Hill and Kamloops; and |
| | post-secondary construction in Merritt, Prince George and Prince Rupert. |
| Health facilities | |
| | construction of the replacement tower for Surrey Memorial Hospital; |
| | construction of the Royal Jubilee Hospital Diagnostic and Treatment Centre and Vancouver Island Cancer Clinic in Victoria; |
| | replacement of West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni; |
| | fit-out of the Vancouver General Hospital tower, construction of a new Ambulatory Care building at Children and Women's Health Centre, and construction of the SUCCESS Care Home in Vancouver; |
| | replacement of the Kitimat Health Centre; |
| | 2nd floor redevelopment and construction of a Tertiary Psychiatric Facility at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops; |
| | replacement of the Health Care Centre in Clearwater; |
| | replacement of the Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre; and |
| | replacement of Yucalta Lodge multi-level care facility in Campbell River. |
| Justice facilities | |
| | construction of the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam. |
| Roads and transportation | |
| | construction of the guideway for the Millennium Line (Phase 1) of the SkyTrain extension; |
| | road improvement projects (e.g. rehabilitation, passing lanes and highway realignments) throughout the province; |
| | continued construction of the third fast ferry; |
| | construction of a new ferry to operate on Kootenay Lake (Balfour); |
| | rehabilitation of the Lions Gate Bridge; |
| | five-laning the Port Mann Bridge and associated improvements to the Cape Horn Interchange; |
| | twinning the John Hart Bridge over the Nechako River in Prince George; |
| | replacement of the Lytton Bridge on Highway 12; |
| | improvements to the Trans-Canada Highway between Cache Creek and the Rockies; |
| | improvements to Highway 37 between Deltaic Creek and Kiniskan Lake; |
| | purchase of additional and replacement buses in Victoria and other municipal systems; |
| | rail and tie replacement and roadbed improvements throughout the province; |
| | locomotive and rail car acquisitions; and |
| | a capacity upgrade at Canadian Stevedoring. |
| Power generation | |
| | upgrade the Burrard generating station to improve air quality and extend its operating life; |
| | addition of a third transformer at the Selkirk substation; |
| | replace Mica Kootenay's telecommunications system with digital equipment to provide high-speed fault protection of the transmission grid; |
| | continued construction of a power generating facility at Keenleyside dam; and |
| | dam stabilization, switchyard construction and turbine upgrades at the Brilliant Dam. |
| BACK |
|
|
| Copyright © 2000: Queens Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |