{"id":10750,"date":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sa-government-makes-tram-announcement-and-it-s-not-good-news-2\/"},"modified":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","slug":"sa-government-makes-tram-announcement-and-it-s-not-good-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/sa-government-makes-tram-announcement-and-it-s-not-good-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Government Makes Tram Announcement &#8212; And It\u2019s Not Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The SA Government has revealed a potentially huge cost blowout on the North Tce tram extension and still no confirmed end date for the project.<\/h3>\n<p>Transport Minister Stephan Knoll announced on Thursday the works could exceed their $80 million budget by a whopping $44 million.<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed there is still no start date for the new line, almost one year after work began, but said it would start \u201cvery soon\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a> state gov announces big cost blowout of $44m above the $80m cost of tram extn, says additional costs occurred between June 17 &amp; Feb 18, taxpayers to bear extra cost. 362 days after construction began there is still no start date <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIVEAANews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIVEAANews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i1veF954s8\">pic.twitter.com\/i1veF954s8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matthew Pantelis  (@MatthewPantelis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewPantelis\/status\/1045129422443933696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Signalling faults stemming back from January means the troubled North Tce could blow its Budget by up to $44m, Stephan Knoll says. Says service will start \u201cvery soon\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c9HIfq4T8R\">pic.twitter.com\/c9HIfq4T8R<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Adam Langenberg (@AdamLangenberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLangenberg\/status\/1045129870592761857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SA Government has revealed a potentially huge cost blowout on the North Tce tram extension and still no confirmed end date for the project. Transport Minister Stephan Knoll announced on Thursday the works could exceed their $80 million budget by a whopping $44 million. 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