Price Doubles: "Montreal Spending $540 Million To Replace Lead Pipes"

"The City of Montreal is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to replace lead pipes that deliver water to homes.

The project has now doubled in cost – Montreal now expects to spend about $540 million.

The city said the hike is because the techniques they chose when they started the project are now obsolete."

Gloria Henriquez reports for Global News August 1, 2016.