In addition to high operating costs, the bill for decontamination of the site continues to increase.
Last year, the processing center's revenues were $14.7 million, but its operating costs were about $30 million. dollars.
In addition, the costs of decontaminating the site, after its closure, are exploding. Estimated at $20 million in 2000, then $176 million in 2015, Alberta Infrastructure now believes it will cost taxpayers $223 million.
This will be a complex project that should last several years, says Jared Gustafson, the press secretary for the Minister of Infrastructure, in writing. He also maintains that the federal government refused to provide financial assistance to the province to decontaminate the site.
With information from Taylor Lambert
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