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OTTAWA — The costs associated with the repair of Parliament Hill’s crumbling West Block have pushed the project’s price tag past the billion-dollar mark, newly released documents show.

The revised work estimate for the project to fix the heritage structure appears on a single line of the federal public accounts for the fiscal year 2011-12, released this week.

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The price tag for the renovation project has soared since 2005, when Treasury Board approved $769 million to restore the building.

In February 2011, the Public Works Department said the cost had grown to $863 million — what was then an increase of $94 million.

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The same day the government revised its initial estimate, former auditor general Sheila Fraser said she “would not be at all surprised if the cost estimates increase over the project.”

Now the public accounts document shows the project’s latest estimate is $1.17 billion.