Dungowan dam estimate off by two-thirds due to incomplete assumptions, not environmental offsets

Andrew Messenger
Updated September 23 2022 - 9:25am, first published 5:00am
The initial estimated cost of the new Dungowan Dam was off by two-thirds because it didn't take into account a range of factors including "potential property leases and/or land acquisitions". Picture from file
The initial estimated cost of the new Dungowan Dam was off by two-thirds because it didn't take into account a range of factors including "potential property leases and/or land acquisitions". Picture from file

The initial estimated cost of the new Dungowan Dam was off by two-thirds because it didn't take into account a range of factors including "potential property leases and/or land acquisitions".

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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