Auditor general approves of City Rail Link governance

Auditor general approves of City Rail Link governance
The City Rail Link project involves boring tunnels up to 42 metres below central Auckland. (Image: CRL)
Oliver Lewis
A pending claim for extra costs could have a big impact on the current $4.4 billion budget for the City Rail Link (CRL), a new report says.Controller and auditor general John Ryan presented his report on the governance of the project – the largest and most expensive infrastructure project carried out in New Zealand – to parliament on Tuesday.“In our work, we often identify poor governance as the reason why major projects have problems,” he said.“Therefore, I wanted to provide Parliament and the public with assuranc...

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