04-08-2023, 01:25 PM
The region's "best estimate" was $1.36 billion in late 2019. By 2021 it had risen to $1.52 billion. Of note, both these numbers include contingency, so they would be comparable to the current 2022 dollar estimate plus 20% contingency, or $3.27 billion. So the actual base cost has more than doubled since the last update even ignoring future escalation.