The Capital Regional District may need an extension on building its sewage treatment plant, with the province yet to give a firm funding commitment.

In 2006, the province gave the region 10 years to establish secondary sewage treatment, ending the current practice of pumping liquid waste into the ocean. Then-premier Gordon Campbell said his government would fund one-third of the cost.

But the deal has yet to be put in writing.

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Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, said the project proposal is working its way through regular government process and is currently being reviewed by the treasury board.

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Chong and Blackwell both stressed that the sewage project will still go ahead.

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Blackwell said itB次元官网网址檚 hard to know how a delay would impact the overall project cost, estimated at $782 million.

However, if the province delays too long, Blackwell said a federal grant secured to cover 25 per cent of the project will expire.

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