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Manitoba’s official opposition wants to audit the construction of Investors Group Field – and the Selinger government is open to the idea.

The Progressive Conservatives called for an audit Tuesday into the $209-million project. Last week, Triple B Stadium, the shell company that owns the 33,500-seat facility, disclosed the need conduct extensive concrete work to repair water damage and fix drainage problems.

Triple B Stadium, which represents the City of Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, the University of Manitoba and the Winnipeg Football Club, filed a statement of claim against stadium architect Ray Wan and contractor Stuart Olson, alleging dozens of design and construction deficiencies.

Triple B chairman Andrew Konowalchuk also revealed all the concrete on the stadium concourses must be replaced following this year’s Canadian Football League season in order to repair water damage and mitigate ‎against future drainage problems. Heating and insulation work is also underway.

This led the opposition Tories to allege the Selinger government rushed the project into the construction phase.

"Manitobans have too many questions and too few answers. When that’s the case it makes sense to go over the deal with a fine-toothed comb to see what happened," Tuxedo MLA Heather Stefanson, the Tory ‎critic for the City of Winni‎peg, said in a statement.

A spokesman for Dawson Trail MLA Ron Lemieux, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Sports and Consumer Protection, said the stadium project would benefit from more transparency.

"Currently, there are issues before the courts and those proceedings will bring certain facts to light," Lemieux’s spokesman said in a statement. "We remain open to an audit at the conclusion of those proceedings."

bartley.kives@freepress.mb.ca