15 Mar 2023

Auckland City Rail Link budget blows out another $1 billion

From Checkpoint, 5:18 pm on 15 March 2023

Auckland's City Rail Link has had another budget blowout, and is now asking for another billion dollars.

The project got underway in 2017, with a price tag of $3.4 billion.

It will now cost at least $5.4 billion and is running a year behind schedule. The company delivering the project has now had to go back to Auckland Council and the government - who are jointly funding it - to ask for the money to continue.

Felix Walton reports.