VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980) - The authorities responsible for security during the 2010 Olympics say the 175-million dollar budget has not changed, but if necessary, they will ask both Ottawa and Victoria for more money. That funding is not included in the newly-released Business Plan worth 2.2-billion dollars.

Even though recent protests have sparked concern about potential over-runs, VANOC boss John Furlong has repeatedly said security costs have always been covered by the host country and in Canada, that means the RCMP.

The Mounties say because the Olympics are still almost three years away, they have not allocated all the funding, but they will not compromise safety in order to save money.

The Budget for last year's Olympics in Italy was more than a billion dollars, compared to approximately 310-million U-S for the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, the first Olympics after the 9-11 terrorist bombings in the U-S.