Victoria Municipal leaders have been handed a dubious award. The Johnson street bridge project is running 3 years behind schedule and 42 million dollars over budget. Canadian Taxpayers federation president Jason Bateman says this a cautionary tale for other municipalities because there isn't much to be done about the cost over run at this point.
"This cake is really baked and that's a real problem for taxpayers of Victoria, other projects are going to be delayed because of the bad contracts and the delays of the Blue bridge."
Bateman says Victoria's project ran into trouble over poor quality Steele.