11 November 2024 Posted In: Development,Government

WA Today

The price tag for Western Australia’s new container port has jumped by more than $2.5 billion.

After two-and-a-half years of planning the Westport business case has been handed to the government revealing a cost of $7.2 billion in today’s dollars compared to the $4.7 billion the project was originally slated to cost in 2020.

The original date for opening in 2032 has also been scratched with completion now expected late next decade.

Read the full article at WA Today.

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