{"id":242589,"date":"2025-06-27T09:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T23:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=242589"},"modified":"2025-06-27T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T23:50:41","slug":"not-a-single-dollar-more-for-the-west-gate-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=242589","title":{"rendered":"Not a single dollar more for the West gate Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Allan government says it will not be putting a single dollar more into the West Gate Tunnel Project, insisting it will be up to the builders and Transurban to pay any overruns.  It was announced earlier in the week the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=241524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fresh West Gate Tunnel cost blow out to double initial $6.3bn price\">cost of the project has lifted to DOUBLE<\/a> what the business case was based upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ko3ik_BNTYBMb0Mu.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project should never have been undertaken the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=95308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The significantly flawed Westgate Tunnel Project a blight on Melbourne\">business case was clearly flawed as was the planning and the execution<\/a>. 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