$337,000 on an road opening ceremony!

Stuff reports:

Highly anticipated and now highly expensive, the March 30 opening ceremony for Wellington’s largest piece of roading infrastructure – Transmission Gully – came with a price tag of $336,712.

Those costs, including planning, venue and equipment hire, traffic management and transport for guests, were revealed when the ACT Party put questions to Minister of Transport Michael Wood.

I could understand $10,000 or $20,000 for an opening ceremony. At $30,000 I’d think it would be getting a bit steep. To spend over $300,000 on it is obscene.