Last month, the Victorian government advised that the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel project would not be completed in 2022 as originally intended, instead pushing the project back to 2023 over a dispute around the disposal of contaminated soil.
Now it has been revealed that Transurban has sought to tear up the contract to build the project over a force majeure event – an unforeseeable circumstance that makes it impossible to fulfil the terms of a contract:
Transurban asked the state government if it could legally rip up its contract to build the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel if the builders’ attempts to dump the project were deemed valid, court documents allege.
