Completing the troubled Murray Basin Rail Project has a high price tag

By Andrew Miller
Updated July 17 2019 - 1:22pm, first published July 16 2019 - 7:00pm
BIG PROJECT: Full completion of the troubled Murray Basin Rail project would involve standard gauge conversion, and upgrading of 387km of track between Dunolly, Sea Lake and Manangatang, including sidings, and the 141km of track between Maryborough, Ballarat and Gheringhap.
BIG PROJECT: Full completion of the troubled Murray Basin Rail project would involve standard gauge conversion, and upgrading of 387km of track between Dunolly, Sea Lake and Manangatang, including sidings, and the 141km of track between Maryborough, Ballarat and Gheringhap.

An experienced Victorian rail engineer says the cost of completing the troubled Murray Basin Rail Project could be 60 to 70 per cent more than the initial $440 million set aside for it.

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