“Every day that goes by, let’s face it, nothing gets cheaper, and it’s going to be a huge amount of money regardless of whether they announce it this week or two months from now.'
Joan Atkinson, the Fraser-Fort George Regional Hospital District board chair, is anxiously waiting for the province to reveal how much the proposed new surgical tower at UHNBC will cost.
Considering what happened when costs hit the roof for the Cowichan District Hospital replacement project, Atkinson is hoping area residents are not in for similar sticker shock when it comes time to pay for the new building in Prince George. “Every day that goes by, let’s face it, nothing gets cheaper, and it’s going to be a huge amount of money regardless of whether they announce it this week or two months from now,” said Atkinson.
“We are so sparsely populated and our homes are not worth millions of dollars like they are in the Lower Mainland. They have many more people contributing to that with housing assessments that are five or six times what they are in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.
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