Capital Plan - What you need to know and do

The City of Vancouver provides and maintains infrastructure and facilities that are used for delivering the services you come in contact with every day. This includes sewer and water systems; streets, bridges, pedestrian and bicycle routes, and traffic control systems; parks; recreation, public safety and library buildings; and a range of social and cultural facilities. Maintaining and renewing this infrastructure and expanding it to meet growing demands is important to effectively serve the public. These responsibilities are managed through three-year capital expenditure plans that outline what will be done and how it will be paid for.

The City is currently developing its Capital Plan for 2009 – 2011. The proposed Capital Plan totals $495 million, including $160 million to maintain sewer and water systems and $335 million to provide for other City infrastructure. The plan will be finalized in late September.

During the civic election on November 15, 2008, Vancouver voters will be asked to approve referendum questions giving Council the authority to borrow funds for some of the major projects being considered in the 2009 – 2011 Capital Plan.