Winnipeg taxpayers could foot $16M more for rapid transit project

The City of Winnipeg and taxpayers could be footing a much larger bill than first expected for the second phase of the bus rapid transit project.The stretch of land owned by Manitoba Hydro is estimated to cost $20.6 million according to Hydro’s assessment. That’s almost $16 million more than what city assessors upraised the land value at in August 2015. Global’s Zahra Premji reports.