Exclusive: The ballooning cost of the Western Harbour Tunnel adds to the growing list of mega transport projects in NSW that are outstripping their budgets
The ballooning cost of the motorway project is being blamed on major cost pressures for construction. Including development and enabling works, the estimated total cost of the Western Harbour Tunnel is now almost $7.4 billion.
A spokesperson for the new Minns Labor government said it was receiving initial briefings to get a full picture of the challenges it had inherited. “We said we would have an ambitious capital program. We are prioritising getting an understanding of the status of each project and, as we’re discovering, the true cost and state of these programs,” the spokesperson said.
One of the tunnels for the first stage of the Western Harbour Tunnel, which will connect to the WestConnex motorway at Rozelle.Former NSW metropolitan roads minister Natalie Ward was approached for comment. The ballooning budget for the Western Harbour Tunnel follows cost blowouts across a number of mega transport projects in NSW.
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