The Board of Metro Vancouver has voted to adopt a new approach for upgrading the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Richmond.

The board says this new approach will mitigate annual cost impacts for ratepayers and protect the environment and public health.

“Over the past year, Metro Vancouver has carefully examined options to deliver secondary wastewater treatment as quickly as possible, while ensuring cost sustainability for our region,” said Metro Vancouver Board Chair Mike Hurley in a statement.

“In the past year, we’ve selected a technology that has given us an opportunity to rescope the Iona project to something we can deliver for $6 billion, a reduction of almost $4 billion compared to the previous project over the same time period.

“This is a great opportunity for us to k

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