West Gate Tunnel costs blow out to double initial $6.3bn budget

Email Work on the West Gate Tunnel won’t stop, despite the Allan government having been told of fresh cost blowouts to the trouble-plagued project — which is already nearly $4bn over its $6.3bn budget and running three years late.

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