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Cost overruns for the Quebec tramway would ultimately be around $500 million rather than $600 million, learned the Journal. • Read also: Only 4 out of 10 people support the tramway in Quebec This is one of many elements that will be included in the update on the megaproject that Mayor Bruno Marchand is due to give on Tuesday and Wednesday. At the end of October 2021, in the middle of the election campaign, the Journal revealed that the costs of the megaproject had skyrocketed along the way. At that time, the overrun was estimated at $600 million and it was indicated that the budget would be around $4 billion. "There were adjustments and different ways of calculating," said a well-informed source to explain the increase in the additional bill from $600 ...