Her Majesty’s Penitentiary
The last provincial budget included $100,000 for a valuefor-money assessment for a replacement to Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s.
There have been multiple calls for years for a replacement for the prison. In 2014, the Progressive Conservatives reported the initial design phase was “well underway.”
A value-for-money assessment proposed by the Liberals would be used to determine the approach to financing the project — to determine if it could go ahead as a traditional construction or if it is better suited to a public-private partnership (P3) development.
A request for proposals, seeking companies interested in completing assessment, was issued by the government since budget day.
“Once the proposal process is complete, we will begin the process of awarding a contract (for the assessment),” a department spokeswoman stated.