The hits keep on coming for Victoria’s beleaguered West Gate Tunnel Project.
After the project’s cost ballooned by $1 billion, and amid widespread criticism from transport experts and the state’s Auditor-General, it was revealed this week that the project could be delayed for another six months as the project’s builders, John Holland and CPB Contractors, seek to determine what to do with tonnes of toxic waste discovered at the tunnel site.
Now a legal battle is brewing between the State Government, the project’s builders and Transurban over who will foot the bill for managing and disposing of the contaminated soil:
