
$10m Gawler Place cost blowout "worth it": Lord Mayor
A $10 million cost blowout to the Gawler Place redevelopment will help “future-proof” the street for the next 50 years, Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor says.
A $10 million cost blowout to the Gawler Place redevelopment will help “future-proof” the street for the next 50 years, Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor says.
The trouble-plagued Gawler Place upgrade is facing a second cost blowout – this time to the tune of just under $1 million – after the Adelaide City Council failed to provide contingency funding in the project’s original budget.
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The Adelaide City Council will have to redesign its proposed Gawler Place redevelopment after a “profound” and “unacceptable” cost blowout on the multimillion-dollar project.