So I presume that is merely an accrual for 3 years and construction won't start until they have dollar amount saved?
 
That's not how it works.

Dollars ramp up through initial Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and then into construction.
 
IanO said:
That's not how it works.

Dollars ramp up through initial Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and then into construction.
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I had heard they were into DD when the Kenny gov pulled the plug. As it is there is no firm commitment for a construction schedule. Some civil work was done but at this point they should have been in the ground already. this was going to be about 1B project similar to the SW campus in Calgary.. Hell Red Deer is also Still in Planning. the only real commitment was the 6-7 million for the Calgary Cancer Centre. (Didn't that just open). after the next election there will be no money to build it out. This is starting to look like the GP hospital fiasco.
 
Airboy said:
I had heard they were into DD when the Kenny gov pulled the plug. As it is there is no firm commitment for a construction schedule. Some civil work was done but at this point they should have been in the ground already. this was going to be about 1B project similar to the SW campus in Calgary.. Hell Red Deer is also Still in Planning. the only real commitment was the 6-7 million for the Calgary Cancer Centre. (Didn't that just open). after the next election there will be no money to build it out. This is starting to look like the GP hospital fiasco.
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I'll take this as a bit of unexpected good news for now, but you have a point. Who knows if it will survive after the election. Things have been announced and deferred or cancelled before.
 
edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Opposition accuses UCP of 'dragging their feet' on building south Edmonton hospital

The Official Opposition slammed the province for not prioritizing the south Edmonton hospital first promised under the NDP government in 2017.
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Gronk! said:
edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Alberta minister blames NDP, pipeline for South Edmonton Hospital delays

Nathan Neudorf, the UCP government's infrastructure minister, blamed the NDP and an underground pipeline Tuesday while refusing to give a timeline for a new hospital in the Alberta capital.
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I assume they've known the pipeline was there for their entire term. Gotta love the finger pointing going both ways though without any solutions while the public is left hanging waiting several hours in over capacity ERs. Are any elected officials doctors from either party? Perhaps we should start sending people to the legislature instead. They might get to see a physician quicker.
 
Oh where does one start with this? Ok, even if we' sort of give them the pipeline problem, how long have they know about it? what did they do about It?

It irks me when politicians go into word salad bs talk about things like business case, because they think it makes them sound clever. So you really want a "business case"? Its actually quite simple - Edmonton is short of hospital beds, by over 1,500 I believe I heard recently.

I get this might not be the UCP's highest priority for political reasons, but it gets even worse as they also try to blame the opposition for the delay. The UCP has been in power now for almost four years, so at this point most of the delay is now on them.

This is what people hate about politics and politicians - trying to blame everyone and everything else for their own decisions and actions. I would have preferred that they just say it wasn't their priority and for several years the budget was tight. It would have been more honest.
 
One could assume that after the election - not depending on who wins - as both parties have "said" they will start asap with construction, that a rendering and/or a GC has been awarded. There has to be some movement going on behind the scenes right now?
 
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