Comptroller: New Prime Minister's Office construction stymied by lackluster management

In his latest report, the state comptroller says the project to build a new Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem that would also serve as the Israeli leader’s official residence has suffered multiple setbacks and a ballooning budget as a result of lackluster planning and management, and is on the verge of being canceled outright.

The estimated cost of the project has nearly doubled from NIS 650 million ($190 million) to NIS 1.2 billion ($350 million), the report said, with a lack of communication and negligence among the project’s various planners and managers leading to numerous delays and stalled progress.