Premier Paula Cox today revealed she could set up a special team to investigate her predecessor Ewart Brown’s emissions testing programme which overspent by $10 million.Ms Cox is to meet Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews to discuss the project following another damning report about it, this time from the Public Accounts Committee.In a report released today, the PAC states it’s clear there was specific intent at the highest level of Dr Brown’s Tourism and Transport Ministry to give the initiative’s contract to Bermuda Emissions Control, a company partly owned by construction boss Dennis Correia, regardless of Financial Instructions rules.The PAC, chaired by Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, stated: “The burning question is why. It is a question squarely in the public interest.”Ms Cox responded that was an extreme stance unsupported on the facts, but told the House of Assembly: “I can stand here before this Honourable House and state with great conviction that there will be no repeat of this type of performance under this Government.“Mr and Mrs Bermuda you will not see this type of performance duplicated on the new hospital project or any other capital project undertaken by this PLP Government going forward.”Giving details on her plans for Good Governance legislation earlier this month, Ms Cox said she would carry out rigorous reviews where there are concerns over past projects, appointing independent investigative teams with forensic specialists if required.Today, she told the House: “I fully intend to exercise this option and, as a result of the issues raised in this report, I will be meeting with the Auditor General and the Director of Internal Audit to discuss whether circumstances in this case warrant the appointment of such a team.“As Government we have extended considerable effort to address any deficiencies contained in the recent PAC report and that we are committed to effecting systemic improvements to Government’s accounting and financial control systems and overall governance.”The PAC, which consists of Mr Richards, Government MPs Walter Lister, Lovitta Foggo and Wayne Furbert, and One Bermuda Alliance MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, highlighted a catalogue of concerns over the building of the Island’s three vehicle safety and emissions testing centres.They pointed to major breaches in how the contract was handed out and said it was difficult to get a definitive answer on how the cost ballooned from an original budget of $5.3 million to a final cost of $15.2 million.Last October, Ms Matthews revealed the project’s bill shot up after Government “relinquished control” to two private companies connected to Mr Correia.Ms Matthews pointed to ministerial interference from the outset, and criticised the fact the project was run by the Ministry of Tourism and Transport instead of Works and Engineering, which took responsibility for all other Government projects at that time.Earlier this week, Governor Sir Richard Gozney praised Ms Cox for shutting off the “special concessions” previously enjoyed by Dr Brown’s Ministry.