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Spectacular cost blowouts show need to keep governments honest on transport

  • Written by Marion Terrill, Transport Program Director, Grattan Institute

Last week Fairfax Media revealed that the Parramatta Light Rail, a vital part of the New South Wales government’s plan to cement Parramatta as Sydney’s second central business district, is set to cost not A$1 billion as budgeted, but a whopping A$3.5 billion. People could be forgiven for thinking that such cost blowouts are rare. But...

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