Mr. Speaker, I have been quite clear in answering other questions from other Members yesterday. I will say it again. Going forward, this money has helped us negotiate our way out of a myriad of claims, construction claims on the project. We are going to work together with the contractor to see the project get completed this fall. I am not sure if the Member would prefer that we throw our hands up, we fight with the contractor, we go to court for years and years to come, we spend untold hundreds of thousands if not a million dollars-plus on legal fees and we don’t have a bridge open this fall. That was one of the options. But going forward, we are taking the option that chooses to work with the contractor to negotiate an end to the claims that are out there and gets us some budget surety and also schedule certainty. That is what we have done. Thank you.
David Ramsay on Question 111-17(3): Deh Cho Bridge Project Cost Overruns
In the Legislative Assembly on June 8th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Question 111-17(3): Deh Cho Bridge Project Cost Overruns
Oral Questions
June 7th, 2012
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