Report on Resources — Continued

2002/03 Resource Summary — Ministry of Transportation

	Estimated	Other Authorizations	Total	Actual	Variance
Operating Expenses ($000)1
Highway Operations	449,304		449,304	455,205	(5,901)
Transportation Improvements	13,981		13,981	9,817	4,164
Motor Vehicle Regulation	4,537		4,537	4,255	282
Corporate Services	20,521		20,521	18,578	1,943
Public Transit	250,162	10,466	260,628	260,628	—
Statutory Accounts		70	70	70	—
Total	738,505	10,536	749,041	748,553	488
Full-time Equivalents (FTEs)2
Total	1,695	—	1,695	1,542	153
Ministry Capital Expenditures (CRF) ($000)3
Highway Operations	4,265		4,265	3,388	877
Transportation Improvements	1,420		1,420	1,915	(495)
Motor Vehicle Regulation	250		250	345	(95)
Corporate Services	2,815		2,815	652	2,163
Total	8,750	—	8,750	6,300	2,450
Other Financing Transactions ($000)4
Prepaid Capital Advances (Public Transit)	155,070		155,070	71,354	83,716
Revenue ($000)5
Revenue	46,285		46,285	47,938	1,653

1	The ministry manages its operating budget to the bottom line by monitoring expenditures during the year, identifying potential savings and cost pressures, and reallocating funds accordingly. Cost pressures funded in 2002/03 included revised operating schedules for inland ferries and remedial work resulting from slides and washouts. Public Transit's "Other Authorization" of $10.466 million was funded by the Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs Vote for the write-off of Rapid Transit Project 2000 capital costs.
2	Full-time Equivalents (FTEs) staff usage was under budget due to the voluntary departure and early retirement incentive programs, and the earlier than anticipated transfer of shared services staff to central agencies.
3	Ministry Capital Expenditures (CRF) were lower than anticipated due to the transfer of responsibility for funding of information systems acquisitions to Solutions BC, and ferry rehabilitation work being charged to the operating budget.
4	Prepaid Capital Advances were under budget due to lower than anticipated expenditures for the delivery of the Rapid Transit Project 2000.
5	The majority of the ministry's revenue comes from Coquihalla tolls ($45.4 million in 2002/03).