The Premier of British Columbia is promising to speed up the pace of seismic upgrades in schools throughout the province.
John Horgan says his government will encourage working partnerships between the Ministry of Education, school districts and local governments to reduce the time it takes to plan and build a school and accelerate funding approvals.
“We have an aggressive capital plan over the next 3 years, 14-billion dollars in investments in schools, roads, hospitals, transit and we’re gonna be aggressive on the school front…but that does not mean we can put aside the issue of providing safe schools for our kids to go to now.”
There are still more than 150 schools on the list in the province that are at a high risk of damage or collapse in the event of an earthquake.
