Opinion: Soaring Trans Mountain cost shows why government shouldn't build pipelines
- Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)
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Title
Opinion: Soaring Trans Mountain cost shows why government shouldn't build pipelines
Media name
Edmonton Journal
Date
2022-03-05
Country
Denmark
Producer
Jairo Yunis, Elmira Aliakbari
Persons
- Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)
Description
According to a recent update from the Trans Mountain Corporation — the Crown corporation now in charge of building the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) expansion — the total cost of the project has skyrocketed to a whopping $21.4 billion from an initial estimate of $7.4 billion. And the expansion project will not be completed this year as planned...