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Transmission Gully budget blowout swells again
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English - May 12, 2020 20:27 - 2 minutes - 2.42 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Wellington's billion dollar road project Transmission Gully has blown its budget again, but who will pay the extra is unclear.
The 27 kilometre stretch of highway was supposed to cost $850 million but that bill has already grown by nearly $200 million more.
Now that Covid-19 has pushed the completion date into next year, more money is needed to cover off delay penalties.
Reporter Charlotte Cook has the story.