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Vaughn Palmer: On new Fraser River tunnel, NDP hoping voters aren't paying attention

Opinion: Province reaches for excuses as tunnel is delayed and cost estimate doubles

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VICTORIA — Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth delivered a series of excuses this week to explain why the NDP plan to replace the Massey tunnel has gone more than 100 per cent over budget and fallen a full year behind schedule.

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At a news conference on Monday, he blamed “inflation, project scope, today’s market conditions and the realities of delivering a project of this size and complexity.”

But as the week unfolded, Farnworth........

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