Tasmania's economic regulator has put the government on notice over TasWater's stalled capital works program.
Shadow Treasurer David O'Byrne said despite a huge injection of cash from Peter Gutwein, critical water and sewerage upgrades are not progressing.
"Peter Gutwein waged war with TasWater for two years before doing a total backflip and handing over a bucket of Tasmanian taxpayers cash, supposedly intended to fast track badly-needed capital works - a program that's now in tatters.
"Setting up the Capital Delivery Office was meant to speed things up, but the regulator says it's instead contributing to delays - a complaint echoed by the state's civil construction industry.
"Now we hear the impact of COVID-19 has cast a cloud over TasWater's overall financial position, putting the capital investment program deeper into a hole.
"Labor warned Peter Gutwein at the time that his plan would end badly; unfortunately that's what we are now seeing.
"It's no wonder he flick passed the problem to his leadership rival and struggling infrastructure minister Michael Ferguson.
"Meanwhile, critical infrastructure is failing and Tasmanians are suffering because of it. The Liberals need to explain their plan to get the capital works program back on track."
David O'Byrne
Shadow Treasurer
