Hooray.
Already costs had blown out by 230% from $2.6B to $6.0B in barely 18 months since they were announced with still three years to go.
A lot of the expense was to be on low cost, low quality accommodation for athletes, which would not normally pass council planning approval processes.
The local Geelong council was also to be imposed with costs out of ratepayers funds for "Their share of infrastructure costs for roads etc" to the point that they were unable to fund services like libraries without substantial increases in rates.
Image of the $260m games Aquatic centre proposed for Waurn Ponds south of geelong. Probably closer to $500m with cost blowouts and destined to be pulled down after 14 days of competition and replaced at further expense with a smaller community centre.
What were they thinking?
Already costs had blown out by 230% from $2.6B to $6.0B in barely 18 months since they were announced with still three years to go.
A lot of the expense was to be on low cost, low quality accommodation for athletes, which would not normally pass council planning approval processes.
The local Geelong council was also to be imposed with costs out of ratepayers funds for "Their share of infrastructure costs for roads etc" to the point that they were unable to fund services like libraries without substantial increases in rates.
Image of the $260m games Aquatic centre proposed for Waurn Ponds south of geelong. Probably closer to $500m with cost blowouts and destined to be pulled down after 14 days of competition and replaced at further expense with a smaller community centre.
What were they thinking?
