The cost of creating a nuclear submarine support facility at a Royal Navy base could be £145 million more than the initial estimate.
The cost of creating a nuclear submarine support facility at a Royal Navy base could be £145 million more than the initial estimate.
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Experts originally quoted an £89m target figure for the facility at the Faslane base in Argyll and Bute.
But yesterday, Mr Justice Coulson said the current "agreed maximum price" was around £140m. However, engineers thought the "ultimate cost" could be as much as £235.7m.
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