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Government-contractor dispute to cost North Shore residents almost $4B

A Vancouver suburb is footing the bill for a non-operational sewage treatment plant that has ballooned from a $500 million project into a nearly $4 billion fiasco.

Alex Zoltan
Sep 02, 2025
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Source: Wikivoyage

For $5 billion CAD, you could buy the historic NHL franchise Toronto Maple Leafs — valued at just under $4 billion USD. Instead, a Vancouver suburb is footing the bill for a non-operational sewage treatment plant that has ballooned from a $500 million project into a nearly $4 billion fiasco.

The project, located near the Second Narrows …

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