{"id":56381,"date":"2025-05-09T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=56381"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:01:58","slug":"infrastructure-projects-act","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/infrastructure-projects-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Projects Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2025-05-09\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday May 09 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Infrastructure Projects Act<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 1, 2025, Bill 15 (the Infrastructure Projects Act) was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/32301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tabled<\/a> in the Legislative Assembly. This legislation supports government\u2019s work to accelerate delivery of major infrastructure projects in B.C. to deliver core public services, including K-12 schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This legislation introduces new tools to the ministry, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speeding up approvals for priority provincial infrastructure projects like schools and hospitals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prioritizing and accelerating provincial permitting for other designated projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allowing designated projects to access an expedited environmental assessment process allowing for faster review without compromising B.C.\u2019s high environmental standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishing a framework for alternative permit authorizations through an agreement-seeking approach with local governments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Infrastructure Projects Act will also enable the new Ministry of Infrastructure to work collaboratively with school districts, health authorities and post-secondary institutions to deliver some projects on their behalf. This will allow government to group multiple projects into a single procurement or allow government to purchase project components for multiple projects at a single time, supporting more efficient and cost-effective project delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During development of this Act, school districts, the BC School Trustee Association and the BC School Superintendents Association were engaged and provided feedback on potential opportunities and challenges.&nbsp;When the legislation is passed, there is significant work to be done on regulation development and we will inform you of next steps and future opportunities to engage.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 1, 2025, Bill 15 (the Infrastructure Projects Act) was tabled in the Legislative Assembly. This legislation supports government\u2019s work to accelerate delivery of major infrastructure projects in B.C. to deliver core public services, including K-12 schools.\u00a0 This legislation introduces new tools to the ministry, including: The Infrastructure Projects Act will also enable the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/infrastructure-projects-act\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1371],"division":[666],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[448,298,323],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-56381","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2025-05-09","division-sls","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-facility-leads","audiences-principals-vice-principals","audiences-secretary-treasurers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/56381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/56381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56391,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/56381\/revisions\/56391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=56381"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=56381"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=56381"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=56381"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=56381"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=56381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}