Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project to Blow Out by $2.7B

A general view underground from the site of the currently being built, State Library station, as part of the Metro Tunnel metropolitan rail infrastructure project on November 06, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

The cost of Melbourne’s metro tunnel has blown out by $2.74 billion, with the Victorian government relying on half to come from taxpayers.

The extra money adds to the $11 billion the state government has already committed for the major inner-city rail project.