But the study found that the costs would escalate to $196.6 billion between 2008 and 2017.

Costs associated with the project are escalating out of control.

By 1829 the costs had escalated to nearly half a million pounds.

By November 1959, estimated costs had escalated to $61 million.

Costs by this point had escalated to in excess of £750,000.

Costs had escalated, with $1 billion now the conservative estimate.

The cost has escalated to an estimated high of $28,000 a year, including living costs, at Georgetown.

"I would not be surprised if, in the end, costs escalated."

The official budget for the project was €6.7 million, but actual costs have escalated significantly.

As the giants poured in, the cost of doing business escalated.