The cost of Tauranga’s short but pricey Baypark to Bayfair highway link has risen by another $30m to almost $300m.
The 1.7km stretch is shaping up as one of the most expensive and longest-running of highway projects.
The new forecast of $292m is up from $262m a year ago, almost three times the original 2015 estimate, and twice what it was put at in 2020.
Waka Kotahi said it was still on target to open late this year.
It was “seeing cost increases continue across all projects”, it said.