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.
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