From 2CC comes this news:
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher says Canberrans can expect a price tag for the first stage of Capital Metro in the next three months.
$21.3 million was allocated in Tuesday's budget as studies into the project's first stage continue.
The Gungahlin to City line is expected to cost $614 million.
But Ms Gallagher has told Capital Radio, that figure isn't set in stone.
"It was done in 2011 to feed into Infrastructure Australia's report and the early work being done by the government.
Now we are looking at ways to make sure that this is built as efficiently and effectively as possible but we do not have the total and final cost. It does depend on the detailed studies that are being done now and for example, the final decisions about routes," she said.
Ms Gallagher says her government will be 'upfront' with Canberrans about the price between July and September when it is much clearer.
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Be interesting to discover the cost if the path was down the median strip in Northbourne instead of on the roadway.
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