Metro Vancouver asks for provincial help with governance review [Video]

The leader of the Lower Mainland’s regional government will ask for provincial help with a governance review following scrutiny over a five-times over-budget wastewater treatment plant along with how it spends money on remuneration, expenses and travel.

“I think it’s important that the government are working with us and making any suggestions that they have to changes,” said Burnaby Mayor and Metro Vancouver Board Chair Mike Hurley on Friday.

“And that’s why I’m very  convinced that we need to have the provincial government involved in a governance review.”

Hurley became the chair of the Metro Vancouver board last June with a promise to improve transparency and has since paused all international travel for board and committee members, pushed forward with a performance of the now $3.86 billion North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is five-times over budget and seven years late.

WATCH: Metro Vancouver shows off construction underway at NSWWTP: Metro Vancouver is showing progress on the five-times over-budget North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant. …